Nyctalus lasiopterus Tagging Events

Carlos Ibáñez1, Jesús Nogueras1, Elena Tena1, Sonia Sánchez-Navarro1

1 Doñana Biological Station, C/ Américo Vespucio 26, 41092, Sevilla, Spain

Corresponding author(s): Carlos Ibáñez (ibanez@ebd.csic.es)Jesús Nogueras (nogueras@ebd.csic.es)Elena Tena (Elena.tena@ebd.csic.es)Sonia Sánchez-Navarro (sonia.sanchez@ebd.csic.es)

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Resource Citation

Ibáñez C, Nogueras J, Tena E, Sánchez-Navarro S (2023). Nyctalus lasiopterus Tagging Events. Version 1.6. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Samplingevent dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/fgrwys https://doi.org/10.15470/fgrwys

Abstract

We capture and ringing bats since 2012 in three differents localities in the south of Spain, Sevilla, huelva and Cádiz. We have captured 198 bats of the specie Nyctalus lasiopterus for the purpose of this projec. The purpose was to tag the bats and therefore later can read them in the smart bat boxes that were settle up in the population of Huelva. The bat boxes have an antenna and a tag reader that can collect the data and thus monitor the activity of the bats.

Keywords: Samplingevent, RFID; records; Nyctalus lasiopterus; Doñana; Sevilla; Jerez de la Frontera; bat-box; antenna

General description

Purpose: The dataset can be used to work with data from bats during a long-term survey, althought to do this, it will be necessary to understand the next dataset that we will upload.

Project details

Project title: Sustainability for Mediterranean Hotspots in Andalusia integrating LifeWatch ERIC (SUMHAL). Work package 4 (WP4): Exploring ways to generate, mobilize and disseminate long-term biodiversity information: from conservation baselines to management assessments
Personnel: Carlos Ibáñez, Jesús Nogueras, Elena Tena, Sonia Sánchez-Navarro
Funding: This study was funded by MICINN through European Regional Development Fund [SUMHAL, LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-04, POPE 2014-2020].
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The vision of the subproject Bats in the WP is increase the knowleage of the biggest bats in Europe, Nyctalus lasiopterus in the three best known colonies, in the Southwest of Spain. The three locatilies where the data has been collected are one urban park in Seville, the zoobotanical garden in Jerez de la Frontera and the most preserve part of the Doñana National Park, Doñana Biological Reserve.
Design description: The specific aims of the work package are: 
Task 1. Design, generate and provide content for a repository of Nyctalus lasiopterus information in the best known population of the species in the world. 
Task 2. Demonstrate the utility of the intelligents bat-boxes we have and the use of RFID as a great and no to invase tool for research and conservation of the species. 
Task 3. Distribute and syndicate the information generated in regional, national and international platforms.

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=nlasiopterus_database

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Bats identified by our group of experts to species level.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Nyctalus lasiopterus
Common names: Greater noctule

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Parque de María Luisa, urban park. Doñana Biological Reserve, Protected area. Zoobotánico de Jerez, Zoo.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 29°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: July 15, 2021 - November 29, 2022

Methods

Method step description: First of all, we trapped the bats with mist-nests during the night in the places we know the have their roosts, whether it is the coming out at sunset or the going back during the night or at sunrise. 
Once we catch them we determine the sex, age and status of the bats, and finally we ring them and set the RFID, afterthat we read the RFID with a manual reader to be sure the transponder was setted right. 
Finally we release the bats to the nature in good conditions. We try to do all the process in the shortest time possible to avoid stressing the animal.

When the sampling method is in a batbox and not with mistnets, the procedure is the same, the difference is that we capture the bats directly from the box instead setting a net. This is usually the process when we want to tag the youngs when they do not fly yet.
Study extent description: We have been capturing bats, Nyctalus lasiopterus, since 2012. Every year we performance a masive netting day, it is usually in July but in 2021 and 2022 we carried out more than one samplig day at each location, Doñana Biological Reserve, Mª Luisa Park and Zoobotanical in Jerez.
Sampling description: The main idea is to control the known populations and monitor the new borns and the reproductive status of the individuals. This will give us an idea of how populations evolve over time and with the different impacts to which they may be subjected. With the smart-batboxes we can study the activity of the bats.
Quality control description: As we capture every year we can check and control the number of the RFID and the ring in every bats.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Nyctalus lasiopterus Tagging Events
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt.gbif.es/archive.do?r=nlasiopterus_database
Publication date of data: 2023-10-17
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-02-02
Hierarchy level: Dataset