PhD Fabio Bontadina
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Conservation ecology in the horseshoe bats
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and Rhinolophus hipposideros

Overview
Part I : Analysing spatial data of different accuracy: the case of greater horseshoe bats foraging.
Part II : Foraging range use by a colony of greater horseshoe bats Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in the Swiss Alps: implications for landscape planning.
Part III : Jagt die Grosse Hufeisennase Rhinolophus ferrumequinum im Wald? - Grundlagen zum Schutz von Jagdgebieten der letzten grösseren Kolonie in der Schweiz.
Part IV : Schutz von Jagdgebieten von Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Umsetzung der Ergebnisse einer Telemetrie-Studie in einem Alpental der Schweiz.
Part V : Radio-tracking bats: a short review with examples of a study in Italy.
Part VI : Radio-tracking reveals that lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) forage in woodland.
Part VII : The lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros in Switzerland: present status and research recommendations.


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Inhaltsverzeichnis, Zusammenfassung und deutsche Übersicht
(22 pp, pdf 67 KB)

Part I
Bontadina, F. & Naef-Daenzer, B. (in press): Analysing spatial data of different accuracy: the case of greater horseshoe bats foraging. In Le Maho, Y. (ed.). Wildlife - Biotelemetry. CNRS-CEPE, Strasbourg.
(MS 17 pp, pdf 149 KB, references)

Part II
Bontadina, F., Gloor, S., Hotz, T., Beck, A., Lutz, M. & Mühlethaler, E. (2002): Foraging range use by a colony of greater horseshoe bats Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in the Swiss Alps: implications for landscape planning.
(unpubl. MS 25 pp, pdf 345 KB, references)

Part III
Bontadina, F., Gloor, S., Hotz, T., Beck, A., Lutz, M. & Mühlethaler, E. (1995): Jagt die Grosse Hufeisennase Rhinolophus ferrumequinum im Wald? - Grundlagen zum Schutz von Jagdgebieten der letzten grösseren Kolonie in der Schweiz. In: Ingold, P.: Naturschutz und Verhalten - 3. Internationales Symposium der Ethologischen Gesellschaft in Bern, 11. - 15. Oktober 1994. Orn. Beob. 92: 325-327.
(MS 7 pp, pdf 28 KB, references)

Part IV
Bontadina, F., Hotz, T., Gloor, S., Beck, A., Lutz, M. & Mühlethaler, E. (1997): Schutz von Jagdgebieten von Rhinolophus ferrumequinum. Umsetzung der Ergebnisse einer Telemetrie-Studie in einem Alpental der Schweiz. In: Zur Situation der Hufeisennasen in Europa: 33-39. Ohlendorf, B. (ed.). Berlin: IFA.
(MS 7 pp, pdf 314 KB, references)

Part V
Bontadina, F., Scaravelli, D., Gloor, S., Hotz, T. & Beck, A. (1999): Radio-tracking bats: a short review with examples of a study in Italy. Atti 1° Convegno Italiano sui Chirotteri (Italien Bat Research Congress), Castell' Azzara: 163-173.
(MS 7 pp, pdf 129 KB, references)

Part VI

Bontadina, F., Schofield, H., Naef-Daenzer, B. (2002): Radio-tracking reveals that lesser horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) forage in woodland. J. Zool. (London), 258: 281-290.
(10 pp, pdf 128 KB)

Part VII
Bontadina, F., Arlettaz, R., Fankhauser, T., Lutz, M., Mühlethaler, E., Theiler, A. & Zingg, P. (2001): The lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros in Switzerland: present status and research recommendations. Le Rhinolophe 14: 69-83.
(MS 29 pp, pdf 171 KB, references)

Dank, Publikationsliste, CV
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