Vleermuizen gaan achteruit in Vlaanderen:resultaten van de rapportering 2013 van de Europees beschermde soorten en habitattypes

Bats are an endangered group of mammals and populations of several species have been declining for decades in Europa. Consequently all species are listed on the European Habitats Directive. One of the obligations of this Directive is that member states must report on the conservation status of the species and habitats (article 17). In this article we discuss the conservation status of the bat species in the Flemish region. The assessment of the conservation status is based on the range, the size and the trend of the population, the habitat and the future prospects for each species. Although ba... Mehr ...