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Bat Roosts in the Alpine Area: Guidelines for the Renovation of Buildings BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS INTERREG IIIB Living space network October 06 BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS INTERREG IIIB Project Habitat Network www.livingspacenetwork.bayern.de Project partners The Nature Conservation authorities of the Federal States of Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg, of the autonomous Provinces of South Tyrol and Trento as well as the Cantons of St. Gallen, Grisons and Ticino. Lead partner The Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection, Department of Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection Rosenkavalierplatz 2, D-81925 Munich The project is supported with funding from the European Union’s INTERREG III B Alpine Space Programme, from Arge Alp, and from Swiss Federal Funds. Authors Dr Guido REITER Co-ordination Centre for Bat Conservation and Research in Austria (KFFÖ) Bäckerstrasse 2a/4, A-4072 Alkoven, Austria [email protected] Dr Andreas ZAHN Co-ordination Centre for Bat Conservation in South Bavaria Department of Biology II, LMU Munich H.Löns Strasse 4, D-84478 Waldkraiburg, German [email protected] Project support Hans-Dieter SCHUSTER, Bavarian State Ministry of Environment, Health and Consumer Protection, Munich Ursula CALLÈDE, RaumUmwelt GmbH, Vienna Translation Christine WILDPANNER-KROIS TransLang, Drobollach October 2006 REITER G. & A. ZAHN 1 October 06 BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS The following people have made their expert knowledge of the subject available to us, or have supported the project in other ways: BECK A., BINKER G., BRAUN M., BORNKESSEL G., BRINKMANN R., CALLÈDE U., CATTO C., CORDES B., DIETZ M., DRESCHER C., EICHER C., EHRENBOLD-ETZWEILER R., FRIEMEL D., FUHRMANN M., GEIGER H.J., GERBER R., GÜTTINGER R., HAMMER M., HARBUSCH C., HERMANNS U., HOLDERIED M., HÜTTMEIR U., JAZBEC K., JERABEK M., KRÄTTLI H., KRETZSCHMAR F., KRINER E., LADURNER E., LEUZINGER Y., LIEGL C., LIMBRUNNER H., LUBELEY S., LUTSAR L., LUTZ-MÜHLETHALER M., MARTI M., MAYER R., MORF L., MORGENROTH S., MÜHLETHALER E., PARSONS K., PFEIFFER R., PRESETNIK P., PUCKETT J., RACKOW W., ROESLI M., RUDOLPH B.-U., SAFI-WIDMER K., SCHÄFFLER M., SCHÄFLI B., SCHMID M., SCHUSTER H.-D., SEIDLER F., STUTZ H.-P., THEILER A., THIES M., UHL G., VLASIN M., VAN DER WIJDEN B., WEISHAAR M., K.-P. WELSCH & B. WIMMER. so have participants in the workshops on this subject in: Tuebingen, FRG; as part of the BAG Bat Conservation Conference at NABU (1st-3rd April 2005) Trento, Italy; as part of an International Conference on “Bats and their conservation in the Alps” (28th- 29th April 2005) Galway, Ireland; as part of the 10th European Bat Research Symposium (21st-26th August 2005) WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO EXTEND OUR WARMEST THANKS TO ALL OF THEM, NOT LEAST FOR THE HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT! REITER G. & A. ZAHN 2 October 06 BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS Table of contents 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Project aims ...........................................................................................................................6 2 Materials and methods.................................................................................................................7 2.1 Literature search ....................................................................................................................7 2.2 Questionnaires .......................................................................................................................7 2.3 Workshops .............................................................................................................................7 2.4 Procedures.............................................................................................................................7 3 Data bases ..................................................................................................................................8 4 Description of the individual bat species.......................................................................................9 4.1 Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)...........................................................10 4.2 Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)................................................................15 4.3 Daubenton´s bat (Myotis daubentonii)...................................................................................28 4.4 The Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii) .........................................................................................30 4.5 Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus).......................................................................................33 4.6 Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus)......................................................................................40 4.7 Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri).............................................................................................47 4.8 Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) and lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis bythii)...........51 4.9 Noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) ..............................................................................................66 4.10 Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus).....................................................................77 4.11 Midge bat (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)....................................................................................82 4.12 Kuhl’s pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii) ............................................................................84 4.13 Parti-coloured bat (Vespertilio murinus) ............................................................................85 4.14 Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus) ....................................................................................89 4.15 Northern serotine bat (Eptesicus nilssonii) ........................................................................94 4.16 Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) ...........................................................................98 4.17 Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus)......................................................................103 4.18 Alpine long-eared bat (Plecotus macrobullaris) ...............................................................107 4.19 Barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus).......................................................................110 5 Bats and wood preservatives ...................................................................................................114 6 Future prospects......................................................................................................................117 REITER G. & A. ZAHN 3 October 06 BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 7 Summary .................................................................................................................................118 8 Literatur ...................................................................................................................................120 9 Appendix..................................................................................................................................126 9.1 Examples for the construction of new bat roosts .................................................................126 REITER G. & A. ZAHN 4 October 06 BAT ROOSTS IN THE ALPINE AREA: GUIDELINES FOR THE RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction Many bat species in the alpine area almost invariably make use of the insides of buildings or their external fittings for their nurseries. Among them are some of those listed in Appendix II of the EU’s Fauna-Flora Habitat Guidelines, such as the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum), the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros), the lesser mouse-eared bat (Myotis bythii), the greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis), and the Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus). When buildings are rebuilt or altered, or when there are disturbances, their roosting places are seriously jeopardised and so too are the bats themselves. Because of its near-natural state and its varied climate and landscape, the alpine area is characterised by a fauna rich in bat species. However, many species here are heavily dependent on buildings for their roosting places. This is because natural hiding places have become rare in woodlands as a result of particular forms of cultivation. Caves are not suitable for raising the young because of the alpine area’s climate – this is in contrast with Southern Europe where caves are important roosting places in the summer months. Indeed, places at higher altitudes in the alpine area are characterised by particularly high percentages of buildings that accommodate bat roosts (HOLZHAIDER & ZAHN 2001). In the alpine area some bat species, such as the greater mouse-eared bat, fly every day to hunting grounds that are up to 20 km away (GÜTTINGER 1997). This means that the loss of roosting places in buildings can be of decisive significance for the bat population in large areas. Consequently, if bat fauna in the alpine area is to be permanently preserved, it is all the more important that roosting places are preserved in such locations, when buildings are renovated or rebuilt. Measures have been,
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