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kf 7 - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural Environment Research

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Myotis myotis - mouse-eared bat<br />

annually in 3 small nursery colonies was 112 in the 1950s, but<br />

by the 1960s only 13 were born (170)<br />

In another area in southern Germany, bats hibernating in caves<br />

declined from about 300 to 50 between 1968 and 1977 (81),<br />

and nursery roosts formerly containing 800-1000 bats now<br />

have less than 250 181<br />

Europe: Czechoslovakia: Summer colonies number 50-2000, and in<br />

winter up to 200 in the areas of highest population in central<br />

Bohemia and southern Moravia. Large declines have occurred<br />

in the last few years, especially in agricultural and industrial<br />

areas 11821<br />

East Germany: Large populations numbering 400-500 bats in<br />

chalk tunnels around Berlin declined about 85°/0 in 30 years<br />

(1011.<br />

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