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Bats - Endangered species and consideration regarding Animal Welfare and Nature Conservation Law Strictly protected species All European bat species are endangered and strictly protected species, listed in the EU habitats Directive in annex IV, and for a subset of species also in Annex II.

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Themanummer: Overwinterende vleermuizen in Nederland en Vlaanderen
Special issue: Hibernating bats in the Netherlands and Flanders

In the past three decennia, a dozen mammal species were saved from the brink of extinction through conservation efforts such as reintroductions. The European mink (Mustela lutreola), as the most critically endangered mammal of Europe, requires increased conservation efforts to survive.

Around 15 February 1429 (proleptic Gregorian date 24th February) a male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) was washed ashore on the island of Biervliet (figure 1), just inside the mouth of the Westerschelde (Western Scheldt) in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Abstract: In barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets, a skull from a field vole (Microtus agrestis) was found with an abnormal dental pattern. The enamel ridge of the first right lower molar displayed a ‘capital M’ outline.

Abstract: The root vole (Alexandromys oeconomus arenicola) is one of the species for which Nieuwkoopse Plassen & De Haeck (Provinces of Zuid-Holland and Utrecht, the Netherlands) has been designated as a Natura 2000 site.

Why do mammals fascinate us humans so much? Why do we seem to be more interested in these furry, hairy, mother milk-producing animals than in other organisms? First of all, I guess, because we ourselves belong to the class Mammalia. We feel connected and related.

Lutra 64-2 van het jaar 2021 met o.a. een voorwoord van Ben Verboom en artikelen met muizenonderzoek zoals 'The habitat preference of root voles in Nieuwkoopse Plassen, the Netherlands'.

Bat research has developed significantly in the past decades. New technologies and the enhanced practicality of new generations of ultrasound or bat detectors contributed to this development. Bat detectors are all about making ultrasound audible and/or recordable.

Een belangrijke voorwaarde voor het kunnen verlenen van ontheffingen van de Flora- en faunawet of vergunningen in het kader van de Natuurbeschermingswet 1998 (en straks een ontheffing in het kader van de Wet natuurbescherming), is dat de staat van instandhouding (SvI) van Habitatrichtlijnsoorten

After a long period of absence, the wolf (Canis lupus) has made its comeback in Flanders, Belgium. Nevertheless, the proximity of a top predator in a human-dominated landscape could lead to a variety of conflicts, e.g. attacks on livestock and competition with hunters.

What book would you pick to read and reread if you were going to an uninhabited island? Well, as we have been under the spell of the worldwide covid-19 pandemic for some time, seemingly in splendid isolation, I have had the chance come forward with three titles.

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