EDP Foz Tua: Bat Roosts - Ecological & Compensatory Measures Monitoring Programs [2011-2017]

Data Records

The data in this sampling event resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 907 records.

1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

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Costa H, Salgueiro N, Mesquita S, Mascarenhas M, Marques A T, Coelho H, Braz L, Gonçalves R, Ferraz C, Batista S, Ribeiro S B, Lemos J, Santos P, Sousa D, Paula J, Oliveira J, Caetano M, Silva R, Monteiro B, Pereira P, Silva M, Ferreira C, Pereira F, Neves T, Magalhães J, Romão F, Augusto M, Carmo M, Santos J, Quirós L, Moreira M, Santos J, Múrias T. (2018): EDP Foz Tua: Bat Habitats - Ecologial & Compensatory Measures Monitoring Programs [2011-2017]. v1. EDP - Energias de Portugal. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource?r=edp_tua_bat_roosts_pme_2011&v=1.0

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: fa9cdd61-de9d-4524-b824-7414e266e1df.  EDP publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Portugal.

Keywords

occurrence; Bats; observation; hibernation; reproduction; refuges; roosts; Samplingevent

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Most data were collected within a 5-km radius buffer around the river Tua valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 36 km from the mouth. There were also two additional sites surveyed at >20 km from the river. The sites were located in the municipalities of Alijó, Carrazeda de Ansiães, Vila Flor, Mirandela, Sabrosa and Bragança.

Taxonomic Coverage

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 1 order, 4 families, 8 genus and 13 species positively identified.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

The dataset contains records of bats (Chiroptera) collected in roosts along the lower valley of River Tua. Data was collected in the scope of the Ecological Monitoring Program (PME) and Program of Mitigation/Compensation Measures (PMC) of the Foz Tua Hydroelectric Dam, promoted by EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. Data were collected between July 2011 and September 2017, during field visits to 91 known or presumed bat roosts (caves, mines, tunnels, bridges, bulidings, etc.) for hibernation, reproduction and pre-dispersion, within a 5-km radius around the lower valley of River Tua. The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 5065 observation events. In total, 15 taxa were identified, 13 to the species rank and 2 to the genus rank. The “species complexes” could potentially add 4 more species to the list. The most common individual species (>100 records) were Miniopterus schreibersii (1662 records), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (892), R. hipposideros (494), Myotis myotis (456) and M. daubentonii (195). The “species complexes” of the “small” Myotis (M. mistacinus, M. emarginatus, M. escalerai, M. beschteinii and M. daubentonii), with 491 records, and of the “large” Myotis (M. myotis and M. blythii), with 216 records, were also important. Due to the vulnerability of the roost locations, the precision of the geographic coordinates was degraded to 0.01.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Sampling was designed to cover all known and potential bat roosts in the study area, including railroad tunnels, caves, mines, wells, bridges and all sorts of buildings. A place was considered to be a roost when the presence of bats was confirmed, either by direct observations or by indirect evidences (e.g., faeces, urine stains, etc.). Each roost was visited once or twice per season, in the hibernation (January-February), reproduction (April-August) and pre-dispersion (September-October) periods, depending on the year. All roosts were searched for the presence of bats by two observers, which recorded all individuals seen. The time spent in each roost varied with the number of bats present and the accessibility conditions. Species identification were usually made “in loco”, with the aid of head-torches, binoculars and field guides. All bats were photographed whenever possible, not only to build a photographic database, but also to allow a “a posteriori” identification of individuals that raised doubts, or to count large groups that could not be accurately counted in a suitable time in the field.

Method step description:

1. To be completed

Bibliographic Citations

1. Chapman AD & Grafton O (2008) Guide to Best Practices for Generalising Sensitive Species-Occurrence Data. Copenhagen: GBIF Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.15468/doc-b02j-gt10

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