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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire: a model-based rapid assessment

Luciano Bosso A E , Leonardo Ancillotto A , Sonia Smeraldo A , Sara D’Arco A , Antonello Migliozzi B , Paola Conti C and Danilo Russo A D
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A Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Università n. 100, I-80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.

B Laboratorio di Ecologia Applicata, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Università n. 100, I-80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.

C Ente Parco Nazionale Del Vesuvio, Via Palazzo del Principe, I-80044 Ottaviano, Napoli, Italy.

D School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK.

E Corresponding author. Email: luciano.bosso@unina.it

International Journal of Wildland Fire 27(11) 756-769 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18072
Submitted: 18 May 2018  Accepted: 21 September 2018   Published: 26 October 2018

Abstract

Fire is a major disturbance that affects ecological communities, and when fire events increase in frequency or extent, they may jeopardise biodiversity. Although long-term studies are irreplaceable to understand how biological communities respond to wildfires, a rapid, efficient assessment of the consequences of wildfire is paramount to inform habitat management and restoration. Although Species Distribution Models (SDMs) may be applied to achieve this goal, they have not yet been used in that way. In summer 2017, during an extended drought that affected Italy, a severe wildfire occurred in the Vesuvius National Park (southern Italy). We applied SDMs to assess how much potential habitat was lost by the 12 bat species occurring in the area because of the wildfire, and whether habitat fragmentation increased following the event. Our analysis supported the hypotheses we tested (i.e. that the fire event potentially affected all species through habitat reduction and fragmentation) and that the bat species potentially most affected were those adapted to foraging in cluttered habitat (forest). We show that SDMs are a valuable tool for a first, rapid assessment of the effects of large-scale wildfires, and that they may help identify the areas that need to be monitored for animal activity and phenology, and to assist in saving human and financial resources.

Additional keywords: Chiroptera, habitat fragmentation, habitat suitability, Species Distribution Models, Vesuvius National Park.


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