Luca Cistrone

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated roost selection by Barbastella barbastellus in a mountainous area of central Italy and found that roost cavities were mainly beneath loose bark, at a greater height above ground and facing south more frequently than random cavities.

TL;DR: Bats in open habitat emerged later than those roosting beneath closed canopy, probably because of the exceptionally high wing loading affecting pregnant bats and the high energy demand of lactation, while bats in dense forest are less vulnerable to predators and may take advantage of an earlier emergence by prolonging foraging.

TL;DR: Bats utilise areas in the matrix surrounding optimal roosting sites and sometimes roost there, highlighting the conservation potential of harvested forests, and question the validity of adopting presence records as indicators of forest quality on a site scale.

TL;DR: In this article, the spatial and temporal patterns of roost switching behavior by a tree-dwelling population of barbastelle bats Barbastella barbastellus in a beech forest of central Italy were evaluated.

TL;DR: Assessment of habitat preferences in a beech forest of central Italy whose landscape, featuring both unmanaged forest and two types of grazed open forest, allowed us to look at the influence of different land uses and showed that forest was avoided, whereas open forest was used more than expected.