Habitat selection by the Common Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus pipistrellus s. l. (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in the Dinevar region of western Iran

Abstract

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.