BREEDING COLONIES OF MYOTIS MYOTIS AND MYOTIS

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9 (1-2) (1997): 61-64
BREEDING COLONIES OF MYOTIS MYOTIS AND MYOTIS
BLYT'l IN PIEDMONT AND AOSTA VALLEY (NW ITALY):
CHARACTERIZATION AND CONSERVATION
NERIOBARATTI (,'k), PAOLO DEBERNARDI (+),
ELENA PATRIARCA (+) A N D ROBERTO
SINDACO (*)
I I I Etologin Applicata, VIUCattr I2. I - I0146 Tor inn, Itoly
(") Stii-lionc Ter rologiiu Pimiontese, Mirsen Ciis St Nutclrole,
(+) Centr-o Ricerche
C P 89, I - I0022 Ccirniagiiola (TO),Italy
ABSTRACT - The authors d i s c u s the results of a survey on the occurrence of breeding colonies of
Myoris n7yoti.r and Myutis hlylhi in Picdinont and Aosta Valley. Five breeding roo,ts wcre found,
four of them inside historical buildings and one in a unused mine. Colony sizes varied from 5 0 to
1159 individuals (numbers eslirnatcd using photographs taken in June). Conservation problems are
analysed.
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