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Monitoring protocol of fissure-dwelling bats using a network of bat boxes.

Monitoring protocol of fissure-dwelling bats using a network of bat boxes. Due to the lack of mature forests with old trees and the increasing presence of altered habitats, the availability of natural roost has dramatically decreased. Bat boxes are a compensatory measure, and therefore should not be used as a definitive replacement for natural roosts.

We gather information about the number of individuals and the species that occupy the bat boxes. This monitoring protocol is focused on urban species such as common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), Kuhl’s pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii), Nathusius’ pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) and forest-dwelling species such as Leisler’s bat (Nyctalus leisleri), giant noctule (Nyctalus lasiopterus), brown and grey long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus and Plecotus aurstriacus), greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis), Iberian Natterer’s bat (Myotis escalerai), Bechstein’s bat (Myotis bechsteinii) and western barbastelle (Babastella barbastellus).





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Icon by Pixel Buddha 1 CHNConcaBarberà /Reboll
283
Icon by Pixel Buddha 2 Juan Antonio Pujol Fructuoso
66
Icon by Pixel Buddha 3 Voluntaris ICO Montseny
58
4 Espai Natural Guilleries-Savassona
51
5 CEA Alt Ter
46
6 Parc de la Serralada Litoral PSL
32
7 Mancomunitat Servei Control Mosquits Badia de Roses i el Baix Ter
28
8 Laura Torrent Alsina
23
9 Agents Rurals Alta Ribagorça
21
10 Toni Leiva Sanchez
11
11 GEPEC-EdC Grup d'Estudi i Protecció dels Ecosistemes Catalans -Ecologistes de Catalunya
9
12 Parc Serralada Marina
7
13 Roger Arimany
6
14 SYBERAC IDAEA
5
15 Andreu Duclau Raventós
5
16 Antoni Cardoner Parpal
3
17 Elena Fernández Vizcaíno
3
18 Enric Ortega Gonzàlez
2
19 Eva Coscubiela Coscubiela
2
20 Dimas Streich Colomeda
1
21 Eduard Bonet Martínez-Carrasco
1
Icon by Pixel Buddha 1 CHNConcaBarberà /Reboll
1395
Icon by Pixel Buddha 2 Peter Phillips
934
Icon by Pixel Buddha 3 Voluntaris ICO Montseny
727
4 Adrià Ortega Castaño
661
5 Parc de la Serralada Litoral PSL
618
6 Jorge de Pedro Fernández
561
7 Andreu Duclau Raventós
427
8 Espai Natural Guilleries-Savassona
338
9 Eva Coscubiela Coscubiela
321
10 Mancomunitat Servei Control Mosquits Badia de Roses i el Baix Ter
321
11 Enric Ortega Gonzàlez
295
12 Juanjo Butrón
241
13 Laura Torrent Alsina
239
14 Jaume Soler Zurita
234
15 Parc Natural de Montsant
196
16 Toni Leiva Sanchez
191
17 Pablo Silvestre Pérez
176
18 GERA ADENC
175
19 Albert Burgas Riera
139
20 Jonathan González (Local Herping)
136
21 SEO/Birdlife Delta de l'Ebre
127
22 GEPEC-EdC Grup d'Estudi i Protecció dels Ecosistemes Catalans -Ecologistes de Catalunya
118
23 Juan Antonio Pujol Fructuoso
108
24 Parc Serralada Marina
80
25 CEA Alt Ter
62
26 Albert Cereza Castells
45
27 Elisa Gozalbes
37
28 Alberto Garcia Balmaseda
35
29 NatMonT NatMonT
35
30 Sergi García
34
31 Toni Arrizabalaga Blanch
33
32 SYBERAC IDAEA
30
33 Martí Vila Giró
25
34 David Tarragona Masip
22
35 Iñaki Relanzon Roca
21
36 Agents Rurals Alta Ribagorça
21
37 Josep Vidal Oliveras
20
38 Antoni Cardoner Parpal
20
39 PERRIN Lolie
19
40 Roger Vila Mani
17
41 Marc Illa Llobet
17
42 Xavier Jordà Sanuy
16
43 Roger Arimany
16
44 Miquel Batriu Vilaro
15
45 Lídia Freixas
14
46 Jordi Castilló Carretero
12
47 Marc Mensa Puiggròs
12
48 Àlex March i Raurell
11
49 Blanca Martí de Ahumada
10
50 Natàlia Fernàndez Hervás
10
51 SRC Blanes
9
52 Sergi Cano Gesé
9
53
8
54 Enric Garcia Serrano
8
55 Elena Fernández Vizcaíno
8
56 Ana Ferreira
8
57 Jordi Zagarriga Roqui
8
58 Katarzyna Zarnowiec
7
59 Bernat Dalmau Turró
7
60 Francina Sunyer
6
61 Eva Yus Nájera
6
62 Eladio García de la Morena
6
63 Marta Mas Viñas
6
64 Enea Costanzo
6
65 Consorci de la Serra de Llaberia EIN Serra de Llaberia
6
66 Dimas Streich Colomeda
6
67 Josep Polo Vila
5
68 Patricia García Rodríguez
5
69 Pietat Pizarro Gonzàlez
5
70 Adrià Compte Ferrer
4
71 Carles Flaquer
4
72 Santi Pérez Segú
3
73 Joan Andrés Escudero Barberà
3
74 Marina Comas Oller
3
75 Sonia López Claessens
3
76 Diana Corbacho
3
77 Ester Prat Armadans
2
78 Judith Armengol Tarridas
2
79 David Baselga Escudero
2
80 Francesc Comes Angelet
2
81 Carlos Martínez Valls
2
82 Marcos Mateo López
1
83 Aula Ambiental Bosc Turull Societat Catalana d'Educació Ambiental
1
84 Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarrillo
1
85 CEE Siloé
1
86 Sandra Pineda Fleitas
1
87 Marina Torrellas Arnedo
1
88 José Luis Ordóñez García
1
89 Robert Garcia Ventura
1
90 ANA ABELLANAS PANIAGUA
1
91 David Domínguez Aragonès
1
92 Josep Ayora Carcolse
1
93 Eduard Bonet Martínez-Carrasco
1

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