A Contribution to the Bats Inhabiting Arid Steppe Habitats in Central Mongolia

Authors

Nyambayar Batbayar, Mongolian Academy of SciencesFollow
Ariunbold Jargalsaikhan, Mongolian State University of EducationFollow
Sukhchuluun Gansukh, Mongolian Academy of SciencesFollow

Date of this Version

2010

Document Type

Article

Citation

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei (2010) band 11: 329-340.

Comments

Copyright 2010, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale). Used by permission.

Abstract

Bats of the steppe habitat require particular attention in Mongolia because of increasingly frequent droughts and the looming specter of global warming which could have a devastating impact on their population. Especially the bats in arid steppe region lack of water resources. All bat species we trapped in Erdenesant, Tov aimag, were using hand dug wells as water source indicating the significance of water availability. Many wells have been dried out or polluted in Mongolia in recent years due to warming effect of climate change and artisanal mining activities, but the extent of their impacts on bat populations have to be determined.