Competition for food by expanding pipistrelle bat populations (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) might contribute to the decline of lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros)

By R. Arlettaz, Saskia Godat, H. Meyer. 2000

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases

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Relating bat species presence to simple habitat measures in a central Appalachian forest (2005, background): “sodalis, full understanding of these habitat-use and interspecific competition relationships could be important from a conservation management standpoint as has been identified for European bat communities (Arlettaz et al., 2000).”
Effect of artificial night lighting on temporally partitioned spiny mice (2011, background): “Arlettaz et al. (2000) proposed that artificial light might mediate the exclusion of the lesser horseshoe bat in western Europe by its competitor (common pipistrelle).”
Radio-tracking reveals that lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) forage in woodland (2002, background): “However, it is believed that habitat destruction and the effects of pesticides are the main causes of the population decline (Bontadina, Arlettaz et al., 2000).”
Use of foraging habitats by bats in a Mediterranean area determined by acoustic surveys: conservation implications (2003, background): “relatively short life span, first parturition at one year of age and frequent birth of twins (Arlettaz et al. 2000).”
Dark Matters: The Effects of Artificial Lighting on Bats (2016, background): “Light pollution may also cause inter-specific competition between bats, with light-sensitive bat species excluded from illuminated resources exploited by light-tolerant species (Arlettaz et al. 2000).”
Carpe noctem: the importance of bats as bioindicators (2009, background): “Arlettaz et al. (2000) suggested that this increase may have contributed to the decline in Rhinolophus hipposideros, which rely on the same categories of insect prey — namely dipterans and lepidopterans.”
Cranial size has increased over 133 years in a common bat, Pipistrellus kuhlii: a response to changing climate or urbanization? (2014, background): “Street lights attract and concentrate moths (e.g. Frank, 1988), creating important foraging sites where P. kuhlii (Barak & Yom-Tov, 1989; Gaisler et al., 1998; Russo & Jones, 1999, 2003; Russo et al., 2009) and some other vespertilionids (see, for example, Arlettaz et al., 2000) often hunt.”