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Dorrestein A, Westcott D, Martin JM, Phalen D, Rose K, Welbergen JA. Bat mating systems-A review and recategorisation. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e70149. [PMID: 39157663 PMCID: PMC11327276 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Mating systems, influenced by the social and ecological environment and individual attributes, are fundamental components of animal social organisation, impacting behaviour, animal distribution, ecosystem processes, individual reproductive success, and population dynamics. Bats are of particular interest for studies of mating systems as they are thought to exhibit a greater diversity in mating systems than any other mammalian order, and thus make great models for improving our fundamental understanding of causes and consequences of social organisation. Here, we review the current knowledge of bat mating systems. Our analyses show that research on bat mating systems has not kept pace with research on bats in general and that traditional typologies do not accommodate the mating system of several species. Therefore, we propose an alternative, functional framework to categorise mating systems of bats and by extension of other taxa. We argue that mating systems can be classified according to a male reproductive skew continuum, with an increasing skew from monogamy to true lekking. We include an additional category of lek-like mating system along the continuum to account for previous trans-categorical cases that have the appearance of resource defence but are functionally akin to a lek. The new framework has a total of seven categories: promiscuity, monogamy, female defence polygyny, resource defence polygyny, a lek-like mating system, exploded classical lek, and clustered classical lek. Applying this framework to bats reveals that lek mating systems are more prevalent in bats than previously recognised. It is our aim that this review and the proposed framework provide a greater understanding of bat mating systems particularly and provoke research into the factors that shape mating systems across animal taxa more generally.
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- Annabel Dorrestein
- The Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney UniversityRichmondNew South WalesAustralia
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Land and WaterAthertonQueenslandAustralia
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- The Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney UniversityRichmondNew South WalesAustralia
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- Sydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of ScienceUniversity of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Australian Registry of Wildlife HealthTaronga Conservation Society AustraliaSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- The Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney UniversityRichmondNew South WalesAustralia
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Page RA, Dechmann DKN. Roost making in bats. Curr Biol 2022; 32:R1252-R1259. [PMID: 36413964 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Structures created by animals can serve many purposes. Spiders weave intricate webs to trap prey; beavers engineer complex networks of dams to alter waterways; male bower birds construct and decorate elaborate bowers to attract mates. Animal architecture ranges widely in function, but by far the most common use is shelter. Animals can spend a large amount of time in their shelters, and this is often where they both sleep and rear young, two of the most vulnerable states in animal lives. To optimize the safety and suitability of refuges available to them, many animals have become architects and create their own shelters, ranging from simple holes in the ground to the large complex nests of some social insects.
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- Rachel A Page
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, República de Panamá.
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092, Balboa, Ancón, República de Panamá; Department of Migration, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Am Obstberg 1, Radolfzell 78315, Germany; Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany; Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz, Germany
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Gutiérrez EG, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Baeza JA, Isabel Salazar M, Ortega J. Genetic Analyses Reveal High Connectivity among Populations of the Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba in the Caribbean Lowlands of Central Eastern Costa Rica. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2022.24.1.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Edgar G. Gutiérrez
- Laboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Posgrado en Ciencias Químicobiológicas, Departamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Col. Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340,
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- Escuela de Biología y Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical, Universidad de Costa Rica, 11501-2060, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
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- Departament of Biological Sciences, 132 Long Hall, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Laboratorio de Virología e Inmunovirología, Posgrado en Ciencias Químicobiológicas, Posgrado de Inmunología, Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación Carpio y Plan de Ayala s
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- Laboratorio de Bioconservación y Manejo, Posgrado en Ciencias Químicobiológicas, Departamento de Zoología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Col. Santo Tomás, C.P. 11340,
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Cvecko P, Brändel SD, Hiller T, Rose A, Bechler JP, Page RA, Tschapka M. New architecture of leaf-tents in American oil palms ( Elaeis oleifera) used by Pacific tent-making bat ( Uroderma convexum) in Panama. MAMMALIA 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In this study, we report for the first time the use of the American oil palm (Elaeis oleifera) as roost by the Neotropical Pacific tent-making bat (Uroderma convexum). Palms with tent roosts consisting of modified leaves were found within the semi-deciduous lowland rainforest in Panama. We present detailed information on a new style of leaf modifications and compare these to tent architectures in other palm species used by U. convexum.
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- Patrick Cvecko
- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
- Ecology of Tropical Agricultural Systems , University of Hohenheim , Garbenstrasse 13, D-70599 Stuttgart , Germany
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
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- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm , Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, D-89069 Ulm , Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Apartado, 0843-03092 , Balboa Ancón , Panama
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Velazco PM, Voss RS, Fleck DW, Simmons NB. Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 4: Bats. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2021. [DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.451.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Paúl M. Velazco
- Department of Biology, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA; Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History
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- Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History
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- Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
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- Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History
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Rodríguez ME, Girón-Galván L, Villalobos-Chaves D, Rodríguez-Herrera B. Preference and Design Variability on Umbrella Tents Built by Artibeus watsoni on Two Sympatric Carludovica Species (Cyclanthaceae) in Costa Rica. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2021. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2021.23.1.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Melissa E. Rodríguez
- Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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- Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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Brown SK, Kaburu SSK, Besenyei L. The Influences of Micro- and Macro-Habitat Variables on Tent-Roosting in Dermanura watsoni on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2021. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2021.23.1.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Scott K. Brown
- Department of Biology Chemistry and Forensic Science, School of Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, W. Midlands, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology Chemistry and Forensic Science, School of Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, W. Midlands, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology Chemistry and Forensic Science, School of Sciences, Faculty of Science & Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, W. Midlands, WV1 1LY, United Kingdom
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López-González1 C. Evidence of Tent Use by the Pygmy Fruit-Eating Bat Dermanura phaeotis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Nayarit, México. WEST N AM NATURALIST 2020. [DOI: 10.3398/064.080.0411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Celia López-González1
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR) Unidad Durango, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Calle Sigma 119 Fracc. 20 de Noviembre II, Durango, Durango, 34220, México
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Ordoñez-Mazier DI, Ávila-Palma HD, Soler-Orellana JA, Ordoñez-Trejo EJ, Martínez M, Turcios-Casco MA. Rediscovery of Vampyressa thyone (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Honduras: updated distribution and notes on its conservation. NEOTROPICAL BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION 2020. [DOI: 10.3897/neotropical.15.e53766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In Central America, Vampyressa is represented by two species, Vampyressa elisabethae and V. thyone. The latter is the only representative of the genus in Honduras and the most recent record was in 2007. Six surveys were carried out in the Departments of Cortés, Atlántida and Gracias a Dios. Only seven individuals of V. thyone were recorded between March 2016 and September 2017. The low abundance of V. thyone supports the fact that it is an uncommon species in the country; however, these records update the distribution in northern Honduras. We recommend systematic bat assessments on the three protected areas in which we recorded V. thyone for a better comprehension of the local populations on this species in the country.
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García-Méndez A, Santos-Moreno A. New tent architecture roost by Dermanura phaeotis (Miller, 1902) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in southeastern Mexico. MAMMALIA 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2019-0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Some phyllostomid bats modify leaves of certain plant species in order to build tents as daytime roosts. Most tent-roosting members of the Artibeus and Dermanura genus have a widespread geographic distribution; nevertheless, there are few reports regarding roost architecture. This is the first report in Mexico of boat/apical tents built by the pygmy fruit-eating bat Dermanura phaeotis.
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- Antonio García-Méndez
- Laboratorio de Ecología Animal, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Calle Hornos No. 1003, Colonia Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán , Oaxaca , Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Animal, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional (CIIDIR), Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Calle Hornos No. 1003, Colonia Noche Buena, 71230, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán , Oaxaca , Mexico
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Rodríguez-Herrera B, Arroyo-Cabrales J, Medellín RA. Hanging out in tents: social structure, group stability, male behavior, and their implications for the mating system of Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). MAMMAL RES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-018-0383-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rodríguez-Herrera B, Rodríguez ME, Otárola MF. Ecological Networks between Tent-Roosting Bats (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae) and the Plants Used in a Neotropical Rainforest. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2018. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2018.20.1.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera
- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca 11501-2060, San José, Costa Rica
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Curtis AA, Santana SE. Jaw‐Dropping: Functional Variation in the Digastric Muscle in Bats. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 301:279-290. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Abigail A. Curtis
- Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and CultureUniversity of WashingtonSeattle Washington
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- Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and CultureUniversity of WashingtonSeattle Washington
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Garbino GST, Tavares VDC. Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes. Mamm Rev 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Guilherme S. T. Garbino
- PPG-Zoologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; 31270-901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
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- PPG-Zoologia; Departamento de Zoologia; Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; 31270-901 Belo Horizonte MG Brazil
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Estadual de Minas Gerais; 32400-000 Ibirité MG Brazil
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Mahandran V, Murugan CM, Nathan PT. Effect of female group size on harem male roosting behavior of the Indian short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx. Acta Ethol 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-017-0276-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yohe LR, Abubakar R, Giordano C, Dumont E, Sears KE, Rossiter SJ, Dávalos LM. Trpc2 pseudogenization dynamics in bats reveal ancestral vomeronasal signaling, then pervasive loss. Evolution 2017; 71:923-935. [PMID: 28128447 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2016] [Accepted: 12/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Comparative methods are often used to infer loss or gain of complex phenotypes, but few studies take advantage of genes tightly linked with complex traits to test for shifts in the strength of selection. In mammals, vomerolfaction detects chemical cues mediating many social and reproductive behaviors and is highly conserved, but all bats exhibit degraded vomeronasal structures with the exception of two families (Phyllostomidae and Miniopteridae). These families either regained vomerolfaction after ancestral loss, or there were many independent losses after diversification from an ancestor with functional vomerolfaction. In this study, we use the Transient receptor potential cation channel 2 (Trpc2) as a molecular marker for testing the evolutionary mechanisms of loss and gain of the mammalian vomeronasal system. We sequenced Trpc2 exon 2 in over 100 bat species across 17 of 20 chiropteran families. Most families showed independent pseudogenizing mutations in Trpc2, but the reading frame was highly conserved in phyllostomids and miniopterids. Phylogeny-based simulations suggest loss of function occurred after bat families diverged, and purifying selection in two families has persisted since bats shared a common ancestor. As most bats still display pheromone-mediated behavior, they might detect pheromones through the main olfactory system without using the Trpc2 signaling mechanism.
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- Laurel R Yohe
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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- Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801.,School of Integrative Biology, Institute for Genome Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794.,Consortium for Inter-Disciplinary Environmental Research, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, 11794
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Voss RS, Fleck DW, Strauss RE, Velazco PM, Simmons NB. Roosting Ecology of Amazonian Bats: Evidence for Guild Structure in Hyperdiverse Mammalian Communities. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2016. [DOI: 10.1206/3870.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Rodríguez-Herrera B, Víquez-R L, Cordero-Schmidt E, Sandoval JM, Rodríguez-Durán A. Energetics of tent roosting in bats: the case of
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(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). J Mammal 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Roost selection in mammals is an important selective pressure, and many animals find shelter in previously existing structures. Furthermore, the microclimate of roosts is a crucial element for bat survival, and modified leaves are used for roosting (“tents”) by 22 species of bats. Our objective was to determine whether the inverted boat tents used by Ectophylla alba and pinnate tents used by Uroderma bilobatum provide energetic benefits. We measured the ambient temperature under modified and unmodified leaves (UMLs) of Heliconia imbricata and Cocos nucifera . We also measured temperature with (simulated bat presence) and without a heat source, and finally we measured bat energy expenditure at different temperatures. Our results show that when a heat source is present tents conserve heat better than a UML. The energy expenditure of E. alba and U. bilobatum increased up to 55% and 48%, respectively, with a decrease of temperature from 25°C to 20°C. We concluded that since the temperature at our study site drops below 25°C every night and remains that way until mid-morning, using a “tent” that maintains a temperature higher than ambient temperature, or close to 25°C degrees, provides an energetic advantage.
La selección del refugio en los mamíferos es una presión selectiva importante y muchos animales encuentran refugio en estructuras ya existentes. El microclima del refugio es un elemento crucial para la sobrevivencia de los murciélagos. Las hojas modificadas (tiendas) son utilizadas por 22 especies de murciélagos. Nuestro objetivo era determinar si la tienda de bote invertido utilizada por Ectophylla alba y tiendas pinnadas utilizadas por Uroderma bilobatum brindan un beneficio energético a los murciélagos. Se midió la temperatura bajo hojas modificadas y no modificadas de Heliconia imbricata y Cocos nucifera . Además se midió la temperatura con fuente (simulando la presencia de murciélagos) y sin fuente de calor, finalmente se midió el gasto energético de los murciélagos a diferentes temperaturas. Los resultados muestran que cuando hay una fuente de calor presente, la tienda conserva el calor mejor que una hoja no modificada. El gasto energético de E. alba y U. bilobatum puede incrementarse hasta 55% y 48%, respectivamente, cuando la temperatura decrece entre 25°C y 20°C. Concluimos que como la temperatura en este sitio de estudio baja de los 25°C cada noche y hasta media mañana, utilizar una tienda que mantiene la temperatura arriba o cerca de los 25°C, provee una ventaja energética.
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Villalobos-Chaves D, Barrantes G, Fuchs EJ, Rodríguez-Herrera B. Canines as a Measuring Tool for Leaf Tent Construction inDermanura watsoni. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2013. [DOI: 10.3161/150811013x679062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Hernández-Mijangos LA, Medellín RA. Use of Tents by the Big Fruit-Eating BatArtibeus lituratus(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Chiapas, Mexico. SOUTHWEST NAT 2013. [DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909-58.1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Marques JT, Pereira MJR, Palmeirim JM. Availability of Food for Frugivorous Bats in Lowland Amazonia: The Influence of Flooding and of River Banks. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2012. [DOI: 10.3161/150811012x654862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Rodríguez-Herrera B, Ceballos G, Medellín RA. Ecological Aspects of the Tent Building Process byEctophylla alba(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2011. [DOI: 10.3161/150811011x624839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kunz TH, Braun de Torrez E, Bauer D, Lobova T, Fleming TH. Ecosystem services provided by bats. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2011; 1223:1-38. [PMID: 21449963 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 592] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human well-being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or losses that result from changes in the provision of ecosystem services. Bats have long been postulated to play important roles in arthropod suppression, seed dispersal, and pollination; however, only recently have these ecosystem services begun to be thoroughly evaluated. Here, we review the available literature on the ecological and economic impact of ecosystem services provided by bats. We describe dietary preferences, foraging behaviors, adaptations, and phylogenetic histories of insectivorous, frugivorous, and nectarivorous bats worldwide in the context of their respective ecosystem services. For each trophic ensemble, we discuss the consequences of these ecological interactions on both natural and agricultural systems. Throughout this review, we highlight the research needed to fully determine the ecosystem services in question. Finally, we provide a comprehensive overview of economic valuation of ecosystem services. Unfortunately, few studies estimating the economic value of ecosystem services provided by bats have been conducted to date; however, we outline a framework that could be used in future studies to more fully address this question. Consumptive goods provided by bats, such as food and guano, are often exchanged in markets where the market price indicates an economic value. Nonmarket valuation methods can be used to estimate the economic value of nonconsumptive services, including inputs to agricultural production and recreational activities. Information on the ecological and economic value of ecosystem services provided by bats can be used to inform decisions regarding where and when to protect or restore bat populations and associated habitats, as well as to improve public perception of bats.
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- Thomas H Kunz
- Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Sagot M, Stevens RD. The Evolution of Group Stability and Roost Lifespan: Perspectives from Tent-Roosting Bats. Biotropica 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Balasingh J, Koilraj J, Kunz TH. Tent Construction by the Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Southern India. Ethology 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1995.tb00326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Esbérard CEL, Bergallo HG. Biology of Vampyressa pusilla (Wagner) in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). BRAZ J BIOL 2010; 70:367-71. [PMID: 20379649 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842010005000019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/04/2009] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Vampyressa pusilla is widespread in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. It occurs in forested areas, and is absent from urban and open habitats. This species occurs mainly in altitudes up to 1,300 m a.s.l. Vampyressa pusilla was captured during the whole night, from 18 minutes before sunset to 759 minutes after sunset. Captures peaked in the first two hours of the night. Reproductive activity was seasonal, pregnant females were observed in January, February, April, August, October, November and December and lactating females from November to January and in March.
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- C E L Esbérard
- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Brazil.
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Characterization of the sleep architecture in two species of fruit bat. Behav Brain Res 2010; 208:497-501. [PMID: 20043956 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2009] [Revised: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bats (Chiroptera) are the second-most abundant mammalian order in the world, occupying a diverse range of habitats and exhibiting many different life history traits. In order to contribute to this highly underrepresented group we describe the sleep architecture of two species of frugivorous bat, the greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) and the lesser dawn fruit bat (Eonycteris spelaea). Electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyogram (EMG) data were recorded from multiple individuals (>or=5) by telemetry over a 72-h period in a laboratory setting with light/dark cycles equivalent to those found in the wild. Our results show that over a 24-h period both species spent more time asleep than awake (mean 15 h), less than previous reported for Chiroptera (20 h). C. sphinx spent significantly more of its non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) and rapid eye movement sleep (REM) quotas during the light phase, while E. spelaea divided its sleep-wake architecture equally between both light and dark phases. Comparing the sleep patterns of the two species found that C. sphinx had significantly fewer NREM and REM episodes than E. spelaea but each episode lasted for a significantly longer period of time. Potential hypotheses to explain the differences in the sleep architecture of C. sphinx with E. spelaea, including risk of predation and social interaction are discussed.
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Ecological Determinants of Social Systems. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3454(10)42009-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2023]
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Pereira MJR, Marques JT, Santana J, Santos CD, Valsecchi J, de Queiroz HL, Beja P, Palmeirim JM. Structuring of Amazonian bat assemblages: the roles of flooding patterns and floodwater nutrient load. J Anim Ecol 2009; 78:1163-71. [PMID: 19627393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01591.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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1. River system dynamics results in ecological heterogeneities that play a central role in maintaining biodiversity in riverine regions. In central Amazonia, large expanses of forest are seasonally flooded by nutrient-rich water (várzea forests) or by nutrient-poor water (igapó forests). Inundation patterns and the nutrient load of floodwaters are perhaps the most important abiotic factors determining spatial ecological variations in lowland Amazonia, and so they are expected to strongly influence the structuring of animal communities. 2. We examined how inundation patterns and water-nutrient load influence the structure of neotropical assemblages of bats, one of the most diverse vertebrate groups in tropical forests. Bat assemblages were sampled with mist nets in central Brazilian Amazonia, across a mosaic of várzea, igapó, and non-flooding nutrient-poor terra firme forests in the low- and high-water seasons. 3. An ordination analysis clearly separated the assemblages of the three forest types, demonstrating the structural relevance of both flooding and floodwater-nutrient load. Flooded forests had lower species richness because of the absence or rarity of species that make roosts out of leaves of understorey plants, and of those that feed on fruits of shrubs. Gleaning insectivores, also partly dependent on the understorey, were less abundant in flooded forests, but aerial insectivores more abundant, presumably because they benefited from a less cluttered foraging environment. These differences suggest that flooding affects bat assemblages mostly because it reduces the availability of niches associated with understorey vegetation, which tends to be sparser in flooded forests. 4. Nutrient-rich várzea forests had a bat biomass twice that of nutrient-poor igapó and unflooded forests. This difference was not only mostly due to a greater overall abundance of bats, but also attributable to a disproportionate higher abundance of large-bodied bat species. 5. We concluded that both flooding and floodwater-nutrient load are very important in the structuring of lowland Amazonian bat assemblages, with inundation mostly constraining the species composition of the assemblages, and water-nutrient load mostly influencing the abundance of species. The distinctiveness of bat assemblages associated with flooding emphasizes the need to preserve inundated forests, which are under particular pressure in Amazonia.
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- Maria João Ramos Pereira
- Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal
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Campbell P. The Relationship between Roosting Ecology and Degree of Polygyny in Harem-Forming Bats: Perspectives fromCynopterus. J Mammal 2008. [DOI: 10.1644/08-mamm-s-059.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Dechmann DKN, Kerth G. My Home Is Your Castle: Roost Making Is Sexually Selected in the BatLophostoma silvicolum. J Mammal 2008. [DOI: 10.1644/08-mamm-s-061.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rodríguez-Herrera B, Medellín RA, Gamba-Rios M. Roosting requirements of white tent-making bat Ectophylla alba (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2008. [DOI: 10.3161/150811008x331126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Muñoz-Romo M, Herrera EA, Kunz TH. Roosting behavior and group stability of the big fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Mamm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Karuppudurai T, Sripathi K, Gopukumar N, Elangovan V, Arivarignan G. Transition of nonharem male to harem male status in the short-nosed fruit bat Cynopterus sphinx. Mamm Biol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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CHOLEWA EWA, VONHOF MAARTENJ, BOUCHARD SYLVIE, PETERSON CAROLA, FENTON BROCK. The pathways of water movement in leaves modified into tents by bats. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2001.tb01310.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Campbell P, Reid NM, Zubaid A, Adnan AM, Kunz TH. Comparative Roosting Ecology of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) Fruit Bats in Peninsular Malaysia. Biotropica 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00203.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Campbell P, Akbar Z, Adnan AM, Kunz TH. Resource distribution and social structure in harem-forming Old World fruit bats: variations on a polygynous theme. Anim Behav 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Kalko EKV, Ueberschaer K, Dechmann D. Roost Structure, Modification, and Availability in the White-throated Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma silvicolum (Phyllostomidae) Living in Active Termite Nests1. Biotropica 2006. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chaverri G, Kunz TH. Roosting Ecology of the Tent-Roosting Bat Artibeus watsoni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Southwestern Costa Rica1. Biotropica 2005. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Gopukumar N, Karuppudurai T, Nathan PT, Sripathi K, Arivarignan G, Balasingh J. SOLITARY ADULT MALES IN A POLYGYNOUS-MATING BAT (CYNOPTERUS SPHINX): A FORCED OPTION OR A STRATEGY? J Mammal 2005. [DOI: 10.1644/bfw-031.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tello JG. First Description of a Tent Used by Platyrrhinus helleri(Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2003. [DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Jose G. Tello
- Department of Zoology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; E-mail of JGT:
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Muñoz-Romo M, Herrera EA. Leaf Modifying Behavior inArtibeus lituratus. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2003. [DOI: 10.3161/001.005.0210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Storz JF, Bhat HR, Kunz TH. Social structure of a polygynous tent-making bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Megachiroptera). J Zool (1987) 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ortega J, Arita HT. Defence of Females by Dominant Males of Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). Ethology 2000. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Winkelmann JR, Bonaccorso FJ, Strickler TL. HOME RANGE OF THE SOUTHERN BLOSSOM BAT,SYCONYCTERIS AUSTRALIS,IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. J Mammal 2000. [DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0408:hrotsb>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Marimuthu G, Rajan KE, Koilraj AJ, Isaac SS, Balasingh J. Observations on the Foraging Behavior of a Tent Roosting Megachiropteran Bat Cynopterus sphinx. Biotropica 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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