During summer and winter of 2004–2005 totally 64 artificial and natural underground objects in bo... more During summer and winter of 2004–2005 totally 64 artificial and natural underground objects in both plain and mountain Crimea were checked. Totally, for all the period of investigations, almost 60 thousands of individuals of 12 species were counted: including all known earlier troglophilic species of the region with the exception of Miniopterus schreibersii which remains to be extinct here. The base of species list by the maximum general quantity of individuals and number of roosts is compiled by Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (25.7% and 60%) and Myotis blythii (73.3% and 53%, accordingly). It was shown that in artificial underground shelters a general number of bats both in winter and summer in order higher than in caves and grottos of the mountain Crimea (26 060 and 3399 against 1904 and 272, accordingly). 12 key underground sites were determined, for all of them implementation or strengthening of protection measures are required, including by giving a protection status for 8 of them.
ABSTRACT We analyzed four morphological characters and a 307 bp fragment of the mitochondrial con... more ABSTRACT We analyzed four morphological characters and a 307 bp fragment of the mitochondrial control region of the greater and lesser mouse-eared bats sampled in four colonies in Turkish Thrace and Anatolia. Bats were identified by reference to their upper toothrow length and rostral width. Despite a considerable variation in upper jaw measurements, there was not clear pattern relating the observed variability to particular regions. The genetic diversity of the mitochondrial control region was very high in the Thracian and Anatolian colonies (26 unique haplotypes in 82 sampled individuals), suggesting that these regions hosted one or more glacial refugia for M. myotis. The lesser and greater mouse-eared bats shared the same, or had very similar haplotypes. All haplotypes of the mitochondrial control region sampled in Thrace and Anatolia belonged to the haplogroup D. Haplotypes from the same group were previously found in the Balkans, Crimea, and Central Europe. The original mitochondrial lineage of M blythii, reported from Kirghizstan, was not present in Anatolia. Apparently, in Europe, Central Anatolia, and Levant the greater and lesser mouse-eared bats have the mitochondrial genome of M. myotis.
In this study we analyzed 547 sequences of the first hypervariable domain of the control region o... more In this study we analyzed 547 sequences of the first hypervariable domain of the control region of Miniopterus schreibersii sampled in colonies located in the western-and eastern-most borders of its distribution. We assessed genetic diversity of these colonies, quantified differences ...
During summer and winter of 2004–2005 totally 64 artificial and natural underground objects in bo... more During summer and winter of 2004–2005 totally 64 artificial and natural underground objects in both plain and mountain Crimea were checked. Totally, for all the period of investigations, almost 60 thousands of individuals of 12 species were counted: including all known earlier troglophilic species of the region with the exception of Miniopterus schreibersii which remains to be extinct here. The base of species list by the maximum general quantity of individuals and number of roosts is compiled by Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (25.7% and 60%) and Myotis blythii (73.3% and 53%, accordingly). It was shown that in artificial underground shelters a general number of bats both in winter and summer in order higher than in caves and grottos of the mountain Crimea (26 060 and 3399 against 1904 and 272, accordingly). 12 key underground sites were determined, for all of them implementation or strengthening of protection measures are required, including by giving a protection status for 8 of them.
ABSTRACT We analyzed four morphological characters and a 307 bp fragment of the mitochondrial con... more ABSTRACT We analyzed four morphological characters and a 307 bp fragment of the mitochondrial control region of the greater and lesser mouse-eared bats sampled in four colonies in Turkish Thrace and Anatolia. Bats were identified by reference to their upper toothrow length and rostral width. Despite a considerable variation in upper jaw measurements, there was not clear pattern relating the observed variability to particular regions. The genetic diversity of the mitochondrial control region was very high in the Thracian and Anatolian colonies (26 unique haplotypes in 82 sampled individuals), suggesting that these regions hosted one or more glacial refugia for M. myotis. The lesser and greater mouse-eared bats shared the same, or had very similar haplotypes. All haplotypes of the mitochondrial control region sampled in Thrace and Anatolia belonged to the haplogroup D. Haplotypes from the same group were previously found in the Balkans, Crimea, and Central Europe. The original mitochondrial lineage of M blythii, reported from Kirghizstan, was not present in Anatolia. Apparently, in Europe, Central Anatolia, and Levant the greater and lesser mouse-eared bats have the mitochondrial genome of M. myotis.
In this study we analyzed 547 sequences of the first hypervariable domain of the control region o... more In this study we analyzed 547 sequences of the first hypervariable domain of the control region of Miniopterus schreibersii sampled in colonies located in the western-and eastern-most borders of its distribution. We assessed genetic diversity of these colonies, quantified differences ...
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