Range expansion of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) into Belarus

Shpak, Aliaksei; Larchanka, Aleksandra

doi:10.15407/ptt2016.14.099

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“…The data obtained over the past few years allow stating that the whole territory of Belarus belongs to the wintering range of this species. Hibernation of V. murinus in Belarus is described in detail in our previous article (Shpak, 2016). Vespertilio murinus is the apparent dominant among our finds (70.3 % of the total number of registrations), of which 3 concerned colonies and 73 were single individuals.…”

Section: Vespertilio Murinusmentioning

confidence: 52%

Hibernating bat species of Belarus: results of the work of the Minsk bat contact centre

Shpak¹

2018

Theriol. Ukr.

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Hibernating bat species of Belarus: results of the work of the Minsk bat contact centre. -A. Shpak. -Bat contact centres are organizations that exist in a number of countries and are engaged in popularization work, informational support for people facing bats, as well as rehabilitation and temporary maintenance of animals threatened with death during hibernation period. The data obtained during the activity of Minsk batcontact centre during winter periods of 2007-2016 are presented in the article. In total, 108 hibernating specimens and 5 colonies of 6 species (V. murinus, N. noctula, E. nilssonii, E. serotinus, P. auritus, and P. kuhlii) were registered for 18 localities of Belarus. The dominant among the registered hibernating bats is V. murinus. At the same time, the expansion of the wintering range is shown for V. murinus, N. noctula, and P. kuhlii. The dynamics of the species registrations during the period of the activity of the Centre, as well as during the period of hibernation, are presented. The results of the Centre's work show the high efficiency of such organizations for the monitoring of fauna and accumulation of scientific information. K e y w o r d s : bats, hibernation, range expansion, contact centre, Belarus. Зимуючі види кажанів Білорусі: підсумки роботи Мінського контакт-центру. -О. Шпак. -Контакт-центри по кажанам -товариства, які існують у низці країн і займаються популяризацією та інформуванням людей, які зіштовхнулися з рукокрилими, а також реабілітацією та зимовим утримуванням тварин, що знаходяться під загрозою загибелі впродовж гібернаційного періоду. У статті наведено дані, отримані Мінським контакт-центром щодо рукокрилим впродовж 2007-2017 рр. Всього відмічено 108 зимуючих особин та 5 колоній кажанів 6 видів (V . murinus, N. noctula, E. nilssonii, E. serotinus, P. auritus, P. kuhlii) з 18 населених пунктів Білорусії. Домінуючим у структурі зимуючих видів є лилик двоколірний. В той же час відмічено розширення зимівельного ареалу для трьох видів -V. murinus, N. noctula та P. kuhlii. Наведено як багаторічну, так і сезонну динаміку реєстрації тварин. Результати роботи Центру демонструють високу ефективність подібних центрів у моніторингу фауни і накопиченню наукової інформації. К л ю ч ов і слова: кажани, зимівля, розширення ареалу, контакт центр, Білорусь.

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Section: Vespertilio Murinusmentioning

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Hibernating bat species of Belarus: results of the work of the Minsk bat contact centre

Shpak¹

2018

Theriol. Ukr.

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“…Currently, the species has reached the latitude of 50° and was reported from Slovakia (Ceeľuch and Ševčík, 2006;Danko, 2007), the Czech Republic (Reiter et al, 2007), and Poland (Sachnowicz et al, 2006). Additionally, the active dispersal was recorded in Ukraine (Kedrov and Shurshak, 1999;Godlevsky et al, 2000;Poluda and Zagorodnyuk, 2001;Gavris' and Kotserzhinskaya, 2002;Zagorodnyuk and Reznik, 2007;Gashchak et al, 2009;Godlevs'ka, 2015), Belarus (Demyanchik, 2013;Shpak and Larchenko, 2016), and Central Asia (Strelkov, 2004).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Despite the spotlight recently put on the Kuhl's pipistrelle (Smirnov and Vekhnik, 2011;Godlevs'ka, 2015;Shpak and Larchenko, 2016;Ancillotto et al, 2016;Sachnowicz et al, 2017), the parasitic fauna and pathogens associated with the species are considered in scattered fragmentary communications from various (primarily, African, Asian, and South European) parts of the range. As for Russia, five or six species of ectoparasites were described earlier.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ectoparasites and Pathogens of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Our Own and Published Data Review

Orlova

Smirnov

Вехник

et al. 2020

Russ J Biol Invasions

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Here we report the results of our own survey and literary published data on the ectoparasite fauna and pathogens of the alien bat species, the Kuhl’s pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). This bat is a host of 36 species of parasitic mites, ticks and insects (including accidental findings) and 13 species of pathogens (protozoa, bacteria, viruses). The flea Ischnopsyllus variabilis is recorded on this host for the first time. We have found that outside of the host ancestral range, the core of the bat parasite fauna is significantly different due to the loss of host species-specific ectoparasites. Particularly, in Russia, only 6 species of parasitic arthropods have been recorded for Kuhl’s pipistrelle and all of them are host genus-specific. At the same time, the features of ecology and occasional finds of extrinsic parasites allow to suggest that P. kuhlii has wide contacts with animals which are the reservoirs of zoonotic infections, that in combination with the fact of isolation of several pathogens from this species (including two coronaviruses) points to a possible medical importance of Kuhl’s pipistrelle.

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“…Throughout the 2000s P. k. lepidus continued its westward range expansion across the entirety of Ukraine and could be found as far west as Poland (Sachanowicz et al 2009). This range expansion is still ongoing and the 2010s have seen this subspecies move northward, and it can now be found in every part of Ukraine, on over half the territory of Belarus and in European Russia as far north as Moscow Shpak & Larchenko 2016;Sachanowicz et al 2017). Meanwhile in Central Europe P. k. lepidus has reached as far west as Poland and Slovakia (Sachanowicz et al 2017).…”

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Wintering of an urban bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus) in recently occupied areas

Hukov¹,

Timofieieva

Prylutska³

et al. 2020

EuroJEcol

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Urbanization is one of the main drivers of ecological change in the modern world. In most cases, species diversity in urban landscapes is lower than in natural ones; however, some groups of animals are able to exploit and benefit from urban habitat. Pipistrellus kuhlii s.l. is (P. k. lepidus according to recent taxonomic review), a common European urban bat, whose range has expanded on a wide scale in the last 40 years. Thought to originate in Central Asia, this species has extended its range throughout Eastern and Central and Europe (a distance of more than 2,500 km2) in part by using human settlements as a habitat. This study examines the ecological features of P. k. lepidus in wintertime in the Eastern part of Ukraine, where this species has been living for 20 years. Thirty-nine winter records of P. k. lepidus(1,301 individuals totally) were selected from the database of the Bat Rehabilitation Center of Feldman Ecopark, 19 of which were groups from 2 to 641 individuals. Pipistrellus k. lepidus was found in various types of structures, but most often in administrative buildings (school buildings - 69%). Records were usually obtained during renovation works (85%), and the roosting sites were cavities between the wooden planks of window frames and a wall (75%). The records were obtained in 26 settlements, from a village (0,293 kmand 252 people) to the biggest cities in the country (Kharkiv and Odessa). The sex ratio in winter aggregation in adults varied from 47% to 61% of females and for this-year individuals from 48% to 58%, respectively. The body mass at the end of the hibernation period (February/March) decreases for 17–20% compared to the beginning of the period (December). Adult females have bigger body size (body mass and forearm length) (p-value < 0.05). Our results showed that P. k. lepidus is capable of forming homogeneous, sedentary populations in all types of settlements in Ukraine for these twenty years. However, this choice of habitat means that the species faces a high mortality risk from humans during building renovation and insulation works or pest control actions.

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Range expansion of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) into Belarus

Cited by 11 publications

References 3 publications

Hibernating bat species of Belarus: results of the work of the Minsk bat contact centre

Hibernating bat species of Belarus: results of the work of the Minsk bat contact centre

Ectoparasites and Pathogens of Kuhl’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): Our Own and Published Data Review

Wintering of an urban bat (Pipistrellus kuhlii lepidus) in recently occupied areas

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