Swarming of bats at underground sites in Britain—implications for conservation

By KN Parsons, Gareth J. F. Jones, Ian Davidson-Watts, F. Greenaway. 2003

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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).”
Autumn swarming behaviour of Natterer’s bats in the UK: Population size, catchment area and dispersal (2006, unknown): “Similar results of high numbers of Natterer’s bats in the autumn and spring, but not in winter, have been found in other studies (Gilbert and Stebbings, 1958; Rehák et al., 1994; Furmankiewicz and Górniak, 2002; Parsons et al., 2002).”
Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure (2013, background): “Furthermore, migration, mating at hibernacula and autumnal swarming (lekking behaviour; Parsons et al. 2003), can all increase gene flow without the need for dispersal.”
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).”