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Wood MR, de Vries JL, Epstein JH, Markotter W. Variations in small-scale movements of, Rousettus aegyptiacus, a Marburg virus reservoir across a seasonal gradient. Front Zool 2023; 20:23. [PMID: 37464371 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-023-00502-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Bats are increasingly being recognized as important hosts for viruses, some of which are zoonotic and carry the potential for spillover within human and livestock populations. Biosurveillance studies focused on assessing the risk of pathogen transmission, however, have largely focused on the virological component and have not always considered the ecological implications of different species as viral hosts. The movements of known viral hosts are an important component for disease risk assessments as they can potentially identify regions of higher risk of contact and spillover. As such, this study aimed to synthesize data from both virological and ecological fields to provide a more holistic assessment of the risk of pathogen transmission from bats to people. RESULTS Using radiotelemetry, we tracked the small-scale movements of Rousettus aegyptiacus, a species of bat known to host Marburg virus and other viruses with zoonotic potential, in a rural settlement in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The tracked bats exhibited seasonal variations in their movement patterns including variable usage of residential areas which could translate to contact between bats and humans and may facilitate spillover. We identified a trend for increased usage of residential areas during the winter months with July specifically experiencing the highest levels of bat activity within residential areas. July has previously been identified as a key period for increased spillover risk for viruses associated with R. aegyptiacus from this colony and paired with the increased activity levels, illustrates the risk for spillover to human populations. CONCLUSION This study emphasizes the importance of incorporating ecological data such as movement patterns with virological data to provide a better understanding of the risk of pathogen spillover and transmission.
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- Matthew R Wood
- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
- EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY, USA
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- Centre for Viral Zoonoses, Department of Medical Virology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
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Ectoparasitic flies of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in urban green areas of northeastern Brazil. Parasitol Res 2023; 122:117-126. [PMID: 36289082 PMCID: PMC9607744 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07703-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In urban and degraded areas, ectoparasite abundance can be affected by increasing human population density and habitat fragmentation. This study aimed to characterize the ectoparasitic fly community associated with bats in the urban green areas of Sergipe, Brazil. Campaigns were conducted monthly, for two consecutive nights, between September 2019 and February 2021. To capture the bats, ten mist nets were set up inside and at the edge of the habitat fragments. All ectoparasites found were removed from the bats and stored in 70% alcohol. The specificity index, parasitological rates, and level of parasite aggregation were calculated, and the influence of host sex and seasonality on parasitological rates were verified for the most parasitized bats. The collected ectoparasites corresponded to the families Nycteribiidae (S = 1; n = 26) and Streblidae (S = 13; n = 849), with Trichobius costalimai and Medistopoda aranea being the most abundant species. For some interactions, there was an influence of host sex on the prevalence rates, with the highest number of parasites being found on females, which can be explained by their greater susceptibility to parasitism owing to their long stay in roosts. The seasonality influenced the parasitological rates, and opposing patterns (from what was expected) were observed for some interactions; this influence may be due to the biological differences between parasite species. This study provides relevant data on this interaction, especially for urban areas in northeastern Brazil, expanding the number of studies in the State of Sergipe and promoting future studies.
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Laroche PCSJ, Schulp CJE, Kastner T, Verburg PH. Assessing the contribution of mobility in the European Union to rubber expansion. AMBIO 2022; 51:770-783. [PMID: 34120297 PMCID: PMC8197600 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01579-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nearly three-quarters of global natural rubber production is used to produce tyres, supporting mobility around the globe. The projected increase in mobility could contribute to further expansion of rubber plantations and impact tropical ecosystems. We quantified the use of natural rubber in tyres in the European Union (EU), the corresponding land footprint, and explored drivers of tyre use using country-specific transport statistics and trade registers of rubber goods. Five percent of the world's natural rubber is consumed in tyres used in the EU, using up to a quarter of the area under rubber plantations in some producing countries. Car use is responsible for 58% of this consumption, due to car-dependent lifestyles that are associated with economic prosperity and spatial planning paradigms. While the EU's transport policy focuses on reducing dependence on fossil-fuels, cross-cutting policies are needed to address car-dependency and reduce the EU's land footprint in tropical landscapes without compromising progress towards decarbonisation.
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- Perrine C. S. J. Laroche
- Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
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- Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Biassi DL, Baldissera R, Galiano D, de Souza Rezende R. Effects of Pine Forest Management Practices on Bat Functional Traits in a Subtropical Region. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2022. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2021.23.2.012] [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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- David Liposki Biassi
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó — UNOCHAPECÓ, Rua Servidão Anjo da Guarda, 295-D, Efapi, CEP 89809-000, Chapecó, SC, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó — UNOCHAPECÓ, Rua Servidão Anjo da Guarda, 295-D, Efapi, CEP 89809-000, Chapecó, SC, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia, Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Campus Realeza. Rua Edmundo Gaievisk, 1000, Zona Rural, CEP 85770000, Realeza, PR, Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó — UNOCHAPECÓ, Rua Servidão Anjo da Guarda, 295-D, Efapi, CEP 89809-000, Chapecó, SC, Brasil
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Deshpande K, Kelkar N, Krishnaswamy J, Sankaran M. Stretching the Habitat Envelope: Insectivorous Bat Guilds Can Use Rubber Plantations, but Need Understorey Vegetation and Forest Buffers. FRONTIERS IN CONSERVATION SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fcosc.2021.751694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Effects of land-cover change on insectivorous bat activity can be negative, neutral or positive, depending on foraging strategies of bats. In tropical agroforestry systems with high bat diversity, these effects can be complex to assess. We investigated foraging habitat use by three insectivorous bat guilds in forests and rubber plantations in the southern Western Ghats of India. Specifically, we monitored acoustic activity of bats in relation to (1) land-cover types and vegetation structure, and (2) plantation management practices. We hypothesized that activity of open-space aerial (OSA) and edge-space aerial (ESA) bat guilds would not differ; but narrow-space, flutter-detecting (NSFD) bat guild activity would be higher, in structurally heterogeneous forest habitats than monoculture rubber plantations. We found that bat activity of all guilds was highest in areas with high forest cover and lowest in rubber plantations. Higher bat activity was associated with understorey vegetation in forests and plantations, which was expected for NSFD bats, but was a surprise finding for OSA and ESA bats. Within land-cover types, open areas and edge-habitats had higher OSA and ESA activity respectively, while NSFD bats completely avoided open habitats. In terms of management practices, intensively managed rubber plantations with regular removal of understorey vegetation had the lowest bat activity for all guilds. Intensive management can undermine potential ecosystem services of insectivorous bats (e.g., insect pest-control in rubber plantations and surrounding agro-ecosystems), and magnify threats to bats from human disturbances. Low-intensity management and maintenance of forest buffers around plantations can enable persistence of insectivorous bats in tropical forest-plantation landscapes.
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Liposki Biassi D, Baldissera R, Galiano D, Souza Rezende R. Effect of forestry (
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- David Liposki Biassi
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ciências Ambientais Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ) ChapecóBrazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ciências Ambientais Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ) ChapecóBrazil
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- Laboratório de Zoologia Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Campus Realeza (UFFS) Realeza Brazil
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- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ciências Ambientais Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó (UNOCHAPECÓ) ChapecóBrazil
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Vogeler AB, Tschapka M. Effects of land‐use on fruit bat distribution in different habitats along the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Biotropica 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/btp.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics University of Ulm Ulm Germany
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Balboa, Ancon Republic of Panama
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Thapa S, Baral S, Hu Y, Huang Z, Yue Y, Dhakal M, Jnawali SR, Chettri N, Racey PA, Yu W, Wu Y. Will climate change impact distribution of bats in Nepal Himalayas? A case study of five species. Glob Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mendes P, Srbek‐Araujo AC. Effects of land‐use changes on Brazilian bats: a review of current knowledge. Mamm Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Poliana Mendes
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia de Ecossistemas Universidade Vila Velha Rua Comissário José Dantas de Melo, nº 21, Boa Vista Vila Velha Espírito SantoCEP 29102‐920 Brazil
- Département de Phytologie Université Laval nº 2425, Rue de l’Agriculture Ville de Québec QCG1V 0A6 Canada
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- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ecologia de Ecossistemas Universidade Vila Velha Rua Comissário José Dantas de Melo, nº 21, Boa Vista Vila Velha Espírito SantoCEP 29102‐920 Brazil
- Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Ciência Animal Universidade Vila Velha Rua Comissário José Dantas de Melo, nº 21, Boa Vista Vila Velha Espírito SantoCEP 29102‐920 Brazil
- Instituto SerraDiCal de Pesquisa e Conservação Rua José Hemetério Andrade, nº 570, Bloco 06, apto 201, Bairro Buritis, Belo Horizonte Vila Velha Minas GeraisCEP 30493‐180 Brazil
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Laurindo RS, Souza RF, Lemos GO, Teodoro NS, Bonilha LM, Oliveira FL. Feeding habits define habitat use by bats in an agricultural landscape of the Atlantic Forest. REV MEX BIODIVERS 2020. [DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Musila S, Gichuki N, Castro-Arellano I, Rainho A. Composition and diversity of bat assemblages at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest and the adjacent farmlands, Kenya. MAMMALIA 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0117] [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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AbstractRecognized as a global biodiversity hotspot, coastal forests in eastern Africa are currently reduced to fragments amidst human modified habitats. Managing for biodiversity depends on our understanding of how many and which species can persist in these modified areas. Aiming at clarifying how habitat structure changes affect bat assemblage composition and richness, we used ground-level mist nets at Arabuko-Sokoke Forest (ASF) and adjacent farmlands. Habitat structure was assessed using the point-centered quarter (PCQ) method at 210 points per habitat. We captured a total of 24 bat species (ASF: 19, farmlands: 23) and 5217 individuals (ASF: 19.1%, farmlands: 82.9%). Bat diversity was higher at ASF (H′, ASF: 1.48 ± 0.2, farm: 1.33 ± 0.1), but bat richness and abundance were higher in farmlands [Chao1, ASF: 19 (19–25), farmlands: 24 (24–32) species (95% confidence interval [CI])]. Understory vegetation and canopy cover were highest at ASF and the lower bat richness and abundance observed may be the result of the under-sampling of many clutter tolerant and high flying species. Future surveys should combine different methods of capture and acoustic surveys to comprehensively sample bats at ASF. Nonetheless, the rich bat assemblages observed in farmlands around ASF should be valued and landowners encouraged to maintain orchards on their farms.
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- Simon Musila
- Mammalogy Section, Zoology Department , National Museums of Kenya , P.O. Box 40658-00100 , GPO Nairobi , Kenya
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of Nairobi , Chiromo-Nairobi , Kenya
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- Department of Biology , Texas State University, San Marcos , 601 University Drive , San Marcos, TX 7866-4684 , USA
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- Departamento de Biologia Animal and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Change, Faculdade de Ciências , Universidade de Lisboa , Lisboa 1749-016 , Portugal
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Iezzi ME, Cruz P, Varela D, Di Bitetti MS, De Angelo C. Fragment configuration or environmental quality? Understanding what really matters for the conservation of native mammals in the Atlantic Forest of Argentina. J Nat Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2019.125751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Azofeifa Y, Estrada-Villegas S, Mavárez J, Nassar JM. Activity of Aerial Insectivorous Bats in Two Rice Fields in the Northwestern Llanos of Venezuela. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2019. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2019.21.1.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Yara Azofeifa
- Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Aptdo. 20632, Carretera Panamericana km 11, Caracas 1020-A, Miranda, Venezuela
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201-1881, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, UMR UGA-USMB-CNRS 5553 Université Grenoble Alpes, CS 40700 38058 Grenoble, cedex 9, France
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- Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Aptdo. 20632, Carretera Panamericana km 11, Caracas 1020-A, Miranda, Venezuela
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Starik N, Göttert T, Heitlinger E, Zeller U. Bat Community Responses to Structural Habitat Complexity Resulting from Management Practices Within Different Land Use Types — A Case Study from North-Eastern Germany. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2019. [DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2018.20.2.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Nicole Starik
- Systematic Zoology Division, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Systematic Zoology Division, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Parasitology, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Systematic Zoology Division, Albrecht Daniel Thaer-Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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Alpízar P, Rodríguez-Herrera B, Jung K. The effect of local land use on aerial insectivorous bats (Chiroptera) within the two dominating crop types in the Northern-Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0210364. [PMID: 30645621 PMCID: PMC6333354 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Land transformation into agricultural areas and the intensification of management practices represent two of the most devastating threats to biodiversity worldwide. Within this study, we investigated the effect of intensively managed agroecosystems on bat activity and species composition within two focal areas differing in landscape structure. We sampled bats via acoustic monitoring and insects with flight interception traps in banana and pineapple monoculture plantations and two nearby protected forested areas within the area of Sarapiquí, Costa Rica. Our results revealed that general occurrence and feeding activity of bats was higher above plantations compared to forested areas. We also recorded higher species richness at recording sites in plantations. This trend was especially strong within a fragmented landscape, with only four species recorded in forests, but 12 above pineapple plantations. Several bat species, however, occurred only once or twice above plantations, and forest specialist species such as Centronycteris centralis, Myotis riparius and Pteronotus mesoamericanus were only recorded at forest sites. Our results indicated, that mostly mobile open space and edge foraging bat species can use plantations as potential foraging habitat and might even take advantage of temporal insect outbreaks. However, forests are vital refugia for several species, including slower flying forest specialists, and thus a prerequisite to safeguard bat diversity within agricultural dominated landscapes.
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- Priscilla Alpízar
- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San José, Costa Rica
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- Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Kirkpatrick L, Graham J, McGregor S, Munro L, Scoarize M, Park K. Flexible foraging strategies in Pipistrellus pygmaeus in response to abundant but ephemeral prey. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204511. [PMID: 30286111 PMCID: PMC6171852 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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There is growing recognition that with sympathetic management, plantation forests may contain more biodiversity than previously thought. However, the extent to which they may support bat populations is contentious. Many studies have demonstrated active avoidance of coniferous plantations and attributed this to the lack of available roost sites and low invertebrate density. In contrast, other work, carried out in plantation dominated landscapes have shown that certain bat species are able to exploit these areas. However, the extent to which bats use plantations for roosting and foraging, or simply move through the plantation matrix to access more favourable sites is unclear. We radio tracked female Pipistrellus pygmaeus over two summers to establish the extent to which individual bats use Sitka Spruce plantations in southern Scotland for foraging and roosting and assess the implications for felling operations on bats. Maternity roosts identified (n = 17) were in all in buildings and most were large (> 500 individuals). We found no evidence of bats roosting in mature Sitka Spruce crop trees, although several bats used roosts in old or dead beech and oak trees as an alternative to their main maternity roost. Home ranges were much larger (mean 9.6 ± 3.12 km2) than those reported from other studies (0.6–1.6 km2), and it is likely that roost availability rather than food abundance constrains P. pygmaeus use of Sitka Spruce plantations. At the landscape scale, most individuals selected coniferous habitats over other habitat types, covering large distances to access plantation areas, whilst at a local scale bats used forest tracks to access water, felled stands or patches of broadleaf cover within the plantation. Sitka Spruce plantations support a high abundance of Culicoides impuctatus, the Highland midge which may act as a reliable and plentiful food source for females during lactation, an energetically expensive period. The use of felled stands for foraging by bats has implications for forest management as wind turbines, following small-scale felling operations, are increasingly being installed in plantations; wind turbines have been associated with high bat mortality in some countries. Decisions about siting wind turbines in upland plantations should consider the likelihood of increased bat activity post felling.
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- Lucinda Kirkpatrick
- Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland
- EVECO, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland
- WDC, Scottish Dolphin Centre, Spey Bay, Fochabers, Moray, Scotland
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- Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland
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- Biological and Ecological Sciences, University of Stirling, Scotland
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D'Acunto LE, Pauli BP, Moy M, Johnson K, Abu-Omar J, Zollner PA. Timing and technique impact the effectiveness of road-based, mobile acoustic surveys of bats. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:3152-3160. [PMID: 29607014 PMCID: PMC5869262 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mobile acoustic surveys are a common method of surveying bat communities. However, there is a paucity of empirical studies exploring different methods for conducting mobile road surveys of bats. During 2013, we conducted acoustic mobile surveys on three routes in north‐central Indiana, U.S.A., using (1) a standard road survey, (2) a road survey where the vehicle stopped for 1 min at every half mile of the survey route (called a “start‐stop method”), and (3) a road survey with an individual using a bicycle. Linear mixed models with multiple comparison procedures revealed that when all bat passes were analyzed, using a bike to conduct mobile surveys detected significantly more bat passes per unit time compared to other methods. However, incorporating genus‐level comparisons revealed no advantage to using a bike over vehicle‐based methods. We also found that survey method had a significant effect when analyses were limited to those bat passes that could be identified to genus, with the start–stop method generally detecting more identifiable passes than the standard protocol or bike survey. Additionally, we found that significantly more identifiable bat passes (particularly those of the Eptesicus and Lasiurus genera) were detected in surveys conducted immediately following sunset. As governing agencies, particularly in North America, implement vehicle‐based bat monitoring programs, it is important for researchers to understand how variations on protocols influence the inference that can be gained from different monitoring schemes.
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- Laura E D'Acunto
- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA.,Department of Biology Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona MN USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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Dias-Silva L, Duarte GT, Alves R, Pereira MJR, Paglia A. Feeding and social activity of insectivorous bats in a complex landscape: The importance of gallery forests and karst areas. Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Peters VE, Carlo TA, Mello MAR, Rice RA, Tallamy DW, Caudill SA, Fleming TH. Using Plant–Animal Interactions to Inform Tree Selection in Tree-Based Agroecosystems for Enhanced Biodiversity. Bioscience 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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