Respuesta de las poblaciones de murciélagos a la fragmentación del paisaje en un bosque pluvial premontano, Costa Rica

Abstract

In order to describe the composition of the bat community of the Guayabo National Monument to associate it with the fragmentation of the landscape, a rapid ecological evaluation was carried out. Focusing on a bioindicator group such as bats, it approves preliminary comparisons between biotopes and make local conservation decisions. For the capture of the bats, fog networks were used that were placed in different parts of the protected area in study to 1100 meters above sea level. A total of 143 individuals were represented in 18 species, three families and 12 genera. The most abundant family was Phyllostomidae with 14 species, being Artibeus jamaicensis the most abundant.