• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.168-176
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• 2023

Background: Many insectivorous bats have flexible diets, and the difference in prey item consumption among species is one of the key mechanisms that allows for the avoidance of interspecies competition and promotes coexistence within a microhabitat. In Korea, of the 24 bat species that are known to be distributed, eight insectivorous bats use forest areas as both roosting and foraging sites. Here, we aimed to understand the resource partitioning and coexistence strategies between two bat species, Myotis ikonnikovi and Plecotus ognevi, cohabiting the Mt. Jumbong forests, by comparing the differences in dietary consumption based on habitat utilization. Results: Upon examining their dietary composition using the DNA meta-barcoding approach, we identified 403 prey items (amplicon sequence variants). A greater prey diversity including Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, and Ephemeroptera, was detected from M. ikonnikovi, whereas most prey items identified from P. ognevi belonged to Lepidoptera. The diversity index of prey items was higher for M. ikonnikovi (H': 5.67, D: 0.995) than that for P. ognevi (H': 4.31, D: 0.985). Pianka's index value was 0.207, indicating little overlap in the dietary composition of these bat species. Our results suggest that M. ikonnikovi has a wider diet composition than P. ognevi. Conclusions: Based on the dietary analysis results, our results suggests the possibility of differences in foraging site preferences or microhabitat utilization between two bat species cohabiting the Mt. Jumbong. In addition, these differences may represent one of the important mechanism in reducing interspecific competition and enabling coexistence between the two bat species. We expected that our results will be valuable for understanding resource partitioning and the coexistence of bats inhabiting the Korean forests.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.261-266
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• 2015

We have analyzed the external morphology and the environment of the foraging site of Vespertilio sinensis. The external morphology was analyzed by twelve parameters and the environment characteristics of the foraging site was analyzed using GIS 10.1 program. The wing membrane was inserted into the ankle of the hind foot and the wing ratio was 1.42, the middle type between broad-short wing type and long-narrow wing type. The fur color was blackish brown but the guard hair color was whitish. The shape of the ear was a rounded triangle and tragus was a fan shape. This study showed that V. sinensis preferred the deciduous forest of the upper forest zone, where human interference was less. We believed that abundance of insects, depending on water system, was closely related to the use of the foraging site. This result showed that the environment characteristics was very similar to the nature preservation zone including Baekyang valley and Keumsun valley in Naejangsan National Park.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1999

본 연구는 정자저장형에 속하는 한국산 관박쥐와 지연착상형에 속하는 한국산 긴가락박쥐 정자들의 형태를 각각 비교 관찰하였다. 정자두부의 형태에 있어서, 관박쥐는 긴 탄환형이었고, 긴가락박쥐는 주걱형이었다. 관박쥐는 두부의 2/3부분이 핵으로 이루어져 있었고, 긴가락박쥐는 1/2부분이 핵으로 이루어져 있었다. Segmented column들은 관박쥐의 경우 $12\sim14$층으로 이루어져 있었고, 긴가락박쥐의 경우 $10\sim12$층으로 이루어져 있었다. 특히 satellite fiber의 경우 관박쥐는 중편부의 외측섬유들 사이에 존재하고 있지만, 긴가락박쥐는 존재하지 않았다. 이상의 관찰 결과에서 볼 때 이들 박쥐정자의 외형 및 내부 구조적 특징들이 생식패턴과 관련이 있을 것으로 여겨진다.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2015

문둥이박쥐(Eptesicus serotinus)의 먹이원 구성을 파악하기 위하여 총 25개체의 암컷 성체로부터 배설물을 수집하여 분석하였다. 박쥐의 포획은 경북 안동시의 문둥이박쥐 집단 서식지가 확인된 교량을 대상으로 하였으며, 2014년 5월부터 9월까지 매월 5개체를 대상으로 하였다. 총 100개의 배설물이 수집되었으며, 고배율 현미경(50 ${\times}$ binocular microscope)을 이용하여 곤충의 목(Order)별로 구기(mouthpart), 다리(leg), 날개(wing), 더듬이(antenna), 딱지날개(elytra) 등 구분할 수 있는 특징을 이용하여 동정하였다. 배설물 분석결과 문둥이박쥐의 먹이원으로 이용된 분류군은 딱정벌레목(Coleoptera), 벌목(Hymenoptera), 파리목(Diptera), 노린재목(Hemiptera) 등 4개였다. 먹이원 가운데 딱정벌레목은 6월을 제외하고 5, 7, 8, 9월 모두에서 확인되었으며, 특히 5월과 7월에는 오직 딱정벌레목만 확인되었다. 그 외 노린재목, 파리목, 벌목은 각각 9월, 6월, 8월에 먹이원으로 이용되는 것으로 나타났다.