Uso de áreas agrícolas por murciélagos insectívoros (Chiroptera, Mammalia) en valles costeros del sur del Perú

César Edgardo Medina Pacheco; Ana C.  Núñez; Evaristo López; José A.  Morales; Edwin F. Bocardo

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2027

Authors

César Edgardo Medina Pacheco Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa
Ana C. Núñez Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. Santa Catalina N° 117, Arequipa, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2446-1787
Evaristo López Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. Santa Catalina N° 117, Arequipa, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4269-3901
José A. Morales Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. Santa Catalina N° 117, Arequipa, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1464-4689
Edwin F. Bocardo Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa. Santa Catalina N° 117, Arequipa, Perú https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-5013

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2027

Keywords:

Activity patterns, bioacoustics, crops, intensity of use, preference habitat

Abstract

In recent decades, interest in the study of bats in the Arequipa Region has focused on documenting their diversity, with little research addressing aspects of their ecology. Bats are an attractive group to carry out studies on habitat use, given that they present a wide range of trophic guilds. Therefore, here we present the first effort to describe the agricultural areas use by insectivorous bats in coastal valleys of Arequipa, southwestern Peru. The intensity of use and preference habitat of bats in representative crops of the Ocoña, Camaná and Tambo valleys was evaluated, from acoustic data. The sampling design considered eight crops, four recording nights per crop, and in both seasons of the year. A total of 47,895 echolocation recordings were recorded, belonging to nine species of bats. Mormopterus kalinowski, Eumops chiribaya, Tadarida brasiliensis and Myotis atacamensis were the species that showed the greatest relative activity in the different types of crops evaluated (alfalfa, tomato, garlic – onion and corn). NMDS and ANOSIM analyses did not find differences between bat assemblages occurring in the dry season, but they did find differences in the wet season, showing distinct assemblages in sugarcane, alfalfa, corn, and garlic-onion crops. Finally, the present study reinforces knowledge about the ecosystem services provided by bats as potential controllers of insect pests in the coastal valleys of southern Peru

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