The habitat selection by the Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus sensu lato,
was studied using heterodyne bat detectors during 19 nights in the Dinevar region of Kermanshah
Province, western Iran. Our data indicate that this bat forage predominantly in a different range of
aquatic habitat although other terrestrial habitats are also used regularly. From 699 P. pipistrellus
s. l. passes, 25% were made above riparian vegetation, 24% in marshland, 23% above water
meadows, 14% in fields, and 13% in conifer plantations.
کلید واژگان :
Habitat selection, Pipistrellus pipistrellus sensu lato, bat detector, foraging habit, Middle East
