Non-invasive genetics can help find rare species: a case study with Rhinolophus mehelyi and R. euryale (Rhinolophidae: Chiroptera) in Western Europe
Abstract
The reliability of species identification is of primary importance as much of biodiversity studies, ecology, legislation, and conservation are based on this taxonomic level. Species identification problems can obscure the conservation status, especially for rare and endangered species, which are of special concern for conservation. This problem is especially significant for some taxonomic groups such as chiropterans, as many monitoring programs are run during the hibernation season when animals should not be disturbed, hence not handled. In the present study, we used Rhinolophus mehelyi as a case study to develop and propose a new monitoring strategy via the use of non-invasive genetics to reliably identify individuals to species.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Guy Derivaz for initiating this study and collecting the samples, and Egoitz Salsamendi and Inazio Garin for providing Rhinolophus mehelyi droppings from Spain. Thanks to René Jeantet and the Bibliothèque mondiale des chauves-souris (Genève) for providing us with references. Thanks to Jean-Marc Pons (MNHN), Frieder Mayer and Nora Lange (ZMB), Manuel Ruedi (MNHG), and Doris Mörike and Claus König (SMNS) for access to data on specimens held in their respective collections, and Benjamin Allegrini, Inazio Garin, and an anonymous reviewer for their comments on the manuscript. This study is dedicated to the memory of Guy Derivaz.
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- New distributional record of the rare endemic Peruvian Tomopeas ravus Miller, 1900 (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Tomopeatinae)
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Review
- Landscape genetics in mammals
- Original Studies
- Mammal species richness and biogeographic structure at the southern boundaries of the Nearctic region
- Ranging behavior and habitat use of the Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis) in limestone habitats of Nonggang, China
- Reoccupation of historical areas by the endangered giant river otter Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Central Amazonia, Brazil
- Reproduction in urban commensal rodents: the case of Mastomys natalensis from Niamey, Niger
- New records of pigmentation disorders in molossid and phyllostomid (Chiroptera) bats from Peru
- Taxonomic revision of pikas Ochotona (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) at the species level
- Short Notes
- New field data on reproduction, diet, and activity of Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northern Brazil
- Habitat selection by the viscacha rat (Octomys mimax, Rodentia: Octodontidae) in a spatially heterogeneous landscape
- When quills kill: the defense strategy of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata L., 1758
- Predatory behavior and kill rate of a female jaguar (Panthera onca) on cattle
- Occurrence, food habits, and activity patterns of Eurasian otters Lutra lutra in northwestern Greece: implications for research and conservation
- First molecular evidence for the presence of Crocidura pachyura (Mammalia, Soricidae) in Kabylie (Algeria)
- Non-invasive genetics can help find rare species: a case study with Rhinolophus mehelyi and R. euryale (Rhinolophidae: Chiroptera) in Western Europe
- New distributional record of the rare endemic Peruvian Tomopeas ravus Miller, 1900 (Chiroptera, Molossidae, Tomopeatinae)
- New data on the distribution and natural history of the lesser grison (Galictis cuja), hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus chinga), and culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) in northwestern Argentina
- First molecular evidence for the presence of Gerbillus latastei (Rodentia, Muridae) in Algeria
- Book Reviews
- Book reviews