Research Article
Bats of the Safi-Essaouira Provinces (Morocco): New Inputs to the Knowledge of Bat Populations of the Atlantic Littoral
Table 2
Sampling methods adopted in each habitat prospected.
| Site Nos. | Site names | Dates of field visits | Sampling method |
| 1 | Sidi Abderrahmane lake | 20/12/2021 | FP | 2 | Safi pinewood | 21/05/2021; 03/05/2021 | FP | 3 | Haouya cave | 04/04/2021; 14/11/2021; 01/01/2022; 14/02/2022 | DV & HC | 4 | Gora’an cave | 21/06/2022; 31/03/2022 | MN& FP | 5 | Sidi Benkrara cave | 05/12/2021; 26/09/2022 | DV & HC | 6 | Sbaa Fam cave | 26/04/2022 | DV& HC | 7 | Degraded argane forest | 26-27/09/2021 | FP | 8 | Souiria Laqdima dunes | 06/06/2021 | FT | 9 | Lalla Mellouka forest | 11/06/2021 | FT | 10 | Argane groves N Jbel Lahdid | 02/08/2020 | FT | 11 | Coastal sand dunes | 02/06/2022 | FT | 12 | Olive groves SW Jbel Lahdid | 03-04-05/09/2020 | FP | 13 | Maâden cave | 03/06/2022 | DV & HC | 14 | Mixed argane-pine forest | 02/09/2020 | FT |
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DV: diurnal visit; FP: fixed point; FT: foot transects; HC: hand caught; MN: mist netting. |