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Bats in wetlands: composition and structure of assemblage in Reserva Natural Don Luis, Esteros del Iberá, Argentina

  • Antonella Argoitia ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Miranda Collett ORCID logo
Published/Copyright: November 29, 2021
Mammalia
From the journal Mammalia Volume 86 Issue 2

Abstract

We report diversity data and ecological aspects (richness, abundance and guilds) of bat assemblages in the Esteros del Iberá. We sampled four sites at Reserva Natural Don Luis, with an effort of 75 nights, 256 nets and 12 harp traps over six years. We made a species accumulation curve, Whittaker diagram, and calculated inventory completeness. A complete inventory for the area included 471 individuals belonging to 14 species of Phyllostomidae, Vespertilionidae, and Molossidae families. Insectivorous guilds present the greatest richness and abundance. Esteros del Iberá shelters a diversity of guilds, one threatened species, and a new bat record for the region.

Keywords: Chiroptera; diversity; inventory; trophic guilds
Corresponding author: Antonella Argoitia, Departamento de Biología, Laboratorio de Biología de los Cordados, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE), Corrientes Capital C.P. 3400, Corrientes, Argentina; and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina, E-mail:

Funding source: Fundación Cambyretá para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FuCANA) -

Award Identifier / Grant number: Resol. 00142/19 - Expdte. 221-18-09-3287/19

Funding source: Fundación Collett Trust -

Award Identifier / Grant number: AJC523/395

Acknowledgments

Alejandra Boloqui, Cepriano Oporto, Martin Oporto and Mario Rodriguez for their technical and logistical assistance. Pablo Teta for his comments and suggestions on a preliminary version. Special thanks are given to the reviewers and editor who gave important comments which helped to improve the manuscript.

  1. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by the Fundación Cambyretá para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FuCANA) (Resol. N° 00142/19 - Expdte. 221-18-09-3287/19) and Fundación Collett Trust for Endangered Species (AJC523/395).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

  4. Ethical approval: For this study, we were granted permits from Dirección de Recursos Naturales, Dirección de Parques y Reservas, Ministerio de Producción, Trabajo y Turismo de la provincia de Corrientes (Disposición n° 845) and we followed the protocols proposed by The Bat Workers Manual 3 (Mitchell-Jones and McLeish 2004) for the ethical treatment and care of the taxa of study.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0042).

Received: 2021-03-26
Accepted: 2021-09-27
Published Online: 2021-11-29
Published in Print: 2022-03-28

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0042
Keywords for this article
Chiroptera; diversity; inventory; trophic guilds

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