Swarming activity of temperate zone microchiropteran bats: effects of season, time of night and weather conditions

By KN Parsons, Gareth J. F. Jones, F. Greenaway. 2003

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Conservation Ecology of Cave Bats (2016, background): “…bats is heavily skewed towards males and it is thought that mating occurs, and since the swarming bats come from many different colonies, that this provides an opportunity for gene flow and also for mothers to show their young where to hibernate (Parsons and Jones 2003; Parsons et al. 2003a, b).”
Autumn swarming behaviour of Natterer’s bats in the UK: Population size, catchment area and dispersal (2006, unknown): “…which is at the later end of the swarming seasons observed in a number of studies in Europe and North America which range from July to November (Davis, 1964; Hall and Brenner, 1968; Mumford and Whitaker, 1975; Cope and Humphrey, 1977; Furmankiewicz and Górniak, 2002; Parsons et al., 2003).”
Migration of Bats along a Large River Valley in Southwestern Poland (2009, background): “There have been many studies published on seasonal changes in bat activity; most were done on foraging grounds and in various habitats (e.g., Ciechanowski 2002) or during autumn swarming and mating periods (e.g., Furmankiewicz 2003; Parsons et al. 2003a, 2003b).”
Spatiotemporal variation in activity of bat species differing in hunting tactics: effects of weather, moonlight, food abundance, and structural clutter (2007, background): “Another form of social activity, autumn swarming in entrances of hibernacula, strongly depends on ambient temperature (Parsons et al. 2003).”