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DVL-Press Release, 18 April 2000
The German Association for Landscape Conservation
(DVL) published the brochure "Bats in Forests - informations
and recommendations for foresters and forest managers"
(in German) as the fourth issue of its journal "Landschaft
als Lebensraum".
In a three-year research and development project
(R & D), initiated and funded by the German Federal
Agency for Nature Conservation, data on the ecology of bats
in forests were collected nation-wide. More than 50 bat
workers and bat researchers specifically addressed questions
of roost and foraging behaviour as well as habitat requirements
of bats in forests, thus complementing an intense literature
search.
The goal of the project was to formulate recommendations
for forest management aimed at the conservation of native
bats.
The nicely designed brochure presents those
ten bat species which are connected most intimately with
forests. Additionally, the most important natural roost
sites and foraging habitats in forests are described, including
results of the latest research. Two paragraphs summarise
the main findings concerning the improvement of the situation
of roost sites on the one hand and that of foraging habitats
in forests on the other hand. The importance for bats of
special types of forests such as riparian forests and mountain
forests is mentioned. "What defines a forest-dwelling
bat?" To address this question, all 20 regularly in
Germany occuring bat species are listed in a table, ranked
according to their roosting and foraging behaviour in forests.
Specific recommendations for the conservation of bats in
forest habitats can be found in a table.
The 20 page brochure (DIN A4) is available
in German and English language. It can be purchased from
the German Association for Landscape Conservation (see the
following adress) for 2,50 € plus expenses.
Deutscher Verband für Landschaftspflege
e.V. (DVL)
Eyber Str. 2
D-91522 Ansbach
Germany
Tel: ++49-981-9504-247
Fax: ++49-981-9504-246
E-Mail: info@lpv.de
URL: http://www.lpv.de
and http://www.reginet.de
The brochure is also available online: http://www.lpv.de/fledermaus/index-fl.htm
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