Results of the bats census in the Podilsky Tovtry National Park in hibernation period of 2008

• Main Authors: Mikhail Drebet, Mykola Matveev, Marian Tarasenko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. National Museum of Natural History 2010-12-01
• Series: Праці Теріологічної школи
• Subjects: key underground bat sites; winter census; nnp podolski tovtry; mines ivankovetsky; mines gumenetsky; mines yatskovetsky
• Online Access: http://terioshkola.org.ua/library/pts10-species/pts10-21-drebet-winterbats.pdf
• ISSN: 2312-2749; 2074-2274

In season 2007–2008, examined of underground sites bats winter in the territory of National Park Podolski Tovtry. As a result, surveys of wintering, were identified and counted 1425 of individuals 11 species of bats, which is more than 2 species found in previous studies of winter bat population in the area. The largest number of individuals observed in key underground park — mines Gumenetsky and mines Ivankovetsky. Was first identified and examined the system underground sites around with Yatskivtsi where winter is on five species of bats.