Abstract: | Pieces of information referring to the ecology of the bats from the caves in Moldavia are few. Valenciuc N. (1973, 1989), starting from 1963s, studied the dynamic and the microclimate conditions from 2 caves in Moldavia: Peºtera Liliecilor from Rarãu (the Bats’ Cave) and Peºtera Toºorog (the Toºorog Cave) from the county of Neamþ.
The cave was discovered and studied beginning with the hibernation. They signalled 4 species (Myotis blythii, Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri and Myotis daubentonii), out of which 3 new species for the Chiroptera fauna of Moldavia (Valenciuc, Chachula 2001a, 2001b). Under the same competent guidance we continued the study of Chiroptera, with a view to present the results of monitoring the Chiroptera community from the cave. In the years that followed, December 2002 – April 2005, besides the species earlier recorded we registered other 6 species (Myotis myotis, Myotis mystacinus, Myotis brandtii, Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus and Barbastella barbastellus1), Myotis brandtii being for the first time signalled in Moldavia. Four of them are presented in the annex II of the Habitats Directive (92/43 concerning the Conservation of the Natural Habitats of Wild Fauna and Flora): Myotis myotis, Myotis blythii, Myotis bechsteinii and Barbastella barbastellus.
The geological reservation ”Dealul Repedea (the Repedea Hill)” lies at 9 km from the city of Iaºi, close to the National Road Iaºi-Vaslui; Grota Mare is the biggest cave from the reservation. It is dug in oolitic limestone. |
