Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy (Dec 1997)

Breeding colonies of <em>Myotis myotis</em> and <em>Myotis blythi</em> in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy): characterization and conservation

  • Nerio Baratti,
  • Paolo Debernardi,
  • Elena Patriarca,
  • Roberto Sindaco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-9.1-2-4111
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1-2

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<strong>Abstract</strong> The authors discuss the results of a survey on the occurrence of breeding colonies of <em>Myotis myotis</em> and <em>Myotis blythi</em> in Piedmont and Aosta Valley. Five breeding roosts were found, four of them inside historical buildings and one in a unused mine. Colony sizes varied from 50 to 1259 individuals (numbers estimated using photographs taken in June). Conservation problems are analysed.

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