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Northern Europe's most important bat hibernation site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Zbigniew Urbanczyk
Zbigniew Urbanczyk
Affiliation:
Os. J. III Sobieskiego 26d/142, 60–683 Poznan, Poland.
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Abstract

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In western Poland an underground fortification dating from the 1930s is the winter quarters for the largest aggregation of hibernating bats in northern Europe. Although a major threat has been averted, the bats remain vulnerable to disturbance. The author has been studying these animals since the mid-1970s and, with others, has been pressing for improved protection.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 30 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1990

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