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Andreas M, Naďo L, Bendová B, Uhrin M, Maxinová E, Lučan R, Benda P. Trophic niche and diet composition of the northernmost population of the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale) with conservation implications. MAMMAL RES 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00674-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Spatial activity and habitat use of a marginal population of the endangered Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale). MAMMAL RES 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-021-00568-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Pavey CR. Comparative echolocation and foraging ecology of horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae) and Old World leaf-nosed bats (Hipposideridae). AUST J ZOOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1071/zo20047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Horseshoe (Rhinolphidae) and Old World leaf-nosed (Hipposideridae) bats are high duty cycle (HDC) echolocators sharing a suite of adaptations including long duration signals relative to their signal periods, peak energy concentrated in a narrow spectral band dominated by a constant frequency (CF) component, ‘auditory fovea’ (over-representation and sharp tuning of neurons responsible for frequencies at or around the CF) and ability to compensate for Doppler shifts in echoes. HDC bats separate signals from returning echoes in the frequency domain. Rhinolophids are more specialised neurobiologically than hipposiderids, producing longer duration signals at higher duty cycles, and have narrowly tuned auditory fovea and almost full Doppler shift compensation. Here, I examine whether these differences have produced ecological divergence between the families by testing predictions of differences in prey perception, prey capture behaviour, foraging habitat and diet. I found no discernible differences in these variables between the two families. Rhinolophids and hipposiderids both forage close to vegetation, capture prey by aerial hawking and gleaning from surfaces, and consume mostly flying insects with spiders and terrestrial, flightless arthropods taken occasionally. The data presented here show that the two families are similar in foraging ecology despite differences in echolocation and audition.
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Arrizabalaga‐Escudero A, Merckx T, García‐Baquero G, Wahlberg N, Aizpurua O, Garin I, Goiti U, Aihartza J. Trait‐based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats. J Anim Ecol 2019; 88:1587-1600. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Aitor Arrizabalaga‐Escudero
- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Leioa The Basque Country
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- Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Group, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute UCLouvain Louvain‐La‐Neuve Belgium
- Department of Ecology and Genetics University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Leioa The Basque Country
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- Section for Evolutionary Genomics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Leioa The Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Leioa The Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU Leioa The Basque Country
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Pinaud D, Claireau F, Leuchtmann M, Kerbiriou C. Modelling landscape connectivity for greater horseshoe bat using an empirical quantification of resistance. J Appl Ecol 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- David Pinaud
- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de ChizéUM7372 CNRSUniversité La Rochelle Villiers‐en‐Bois France
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- Center for Ecology and Conservation SciencesUMR7204 MNHN‐CNRS‐UPMC‐Sorbonne UniversitéNational Museum of Natural History Paris France
- Zoology Institute and MuseumUniversity of Greifswald Greifswald Germany
- Naturalia Environnement Avignon France
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- Center for Ecology and Conservation SciencesUMR7204 MNHN‐CNRS‐UPMC‐Sorbonne UniversitéNational Museum of Natural History Paris France
- Biological Marine StationNational Museum of Natural History Concarneau France
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Jacobs DS, Catto S, Mutumi GL, Finger N, Webala PW. Testing the Sensory Drive Hypothesis: Geographic variation in echolocation frequencies of Geoffroy's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus clivosus). PLoS One 2017; 12:e0187769. [PMID: 29186147 PMCID: PMC5706677 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Geographic variation in sensory traits is usually influenced by adaptive processes because these traits are involved in crucial life-history aspects including orientation, communication, lineage recognition and mate choice. Studying this variation can therefore provide insights into lineage diversification. According to the Sensory Drive Hypothesis, lineage diversification may be driven by adaptation of sensory systems to local environments. It predicts that acoustic signals vary in association with local climatic conditions so that atmospheric attenuation is minimized and transmission of the signals maximized. To test this prediction, we investigated the influence of climatic factors (specifically relative humidity and temperature) on geographic variation in the resting frequencies of the echolocation pulses of Geoffroy's horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus clivosus. If the evolution of phenotypic variation in this lineage tracks climate variation, human induced climate change may lead to decreases in detection volumes and a reduction in foraging efficiency. A complex non-linear interaction between relative humidity and temperature affects atmospheric attenuation of sound and principal components composed of these correlated variables were, therefore, used in a linear mixed effects model to assess their contribution to observed variation in resting frequencies. A principal component composed predominantly of mean annual temperature (factor loading of -0.8455) significantly explained a proportion of the variation in resting frequency across sites (P < 0.05). Specifically, at higher relative humidity (around 60%) prevalent across the distribution of R. clivosus, increasing temperature had a strong negative effect on resting frequency. Climatic factors thus strongly influence acoustic signal divergence in this lineage, supporting the prediction of the Sensory Drive Hypothesis. The predicted future increase in temperature due to climate change is likely to decrease the detection volume in echolocating bats and adversely impact their foraging efficiency.
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- David S. Jacobs
- University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- University of Cape Town, Department of Biological Sciences, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Maasai Mara University, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Narok, Kenya
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Maluleke T, Jacobs DS, Winker H. Environmental correlates of geographic divergence in a phenotypic trait: A case study using bat echolocation. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:7347-7361. [PMID: 28944021 PMCID: PMC5606872 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Divergence in phenotypic traits may arise from the interaction of different evolutionary forces, including different kinds of selection (e.g., ecological), genetic drift, and phenotypic plasticity. Sensory systems play an important role in survival and reproduction, and divergent selection on such systems may result in lineage diversification. Such diversification could be largely influenced by selection in different environments as a result of isolation by environment (IbE). We investigated this process using geographic variation in the resting echolocation frequency of the horseshoe bat species, Rhinolophus damarensis, as a test case. Bats were sampled along a latitudinal gradient ranging from 16°S to 32°S in the arid western half of southern Africa. We measured body size and peak resting frequencies (RF) from handheld individual bats. Three hypotheses for the divergence in RF were tested: (1) James' Rule, (2) IbE, and (3) genetic drift through isolation by distance (IbD) to isolate the effects of body size, local climatic conditions, and geographic distance, respectively, on the resting frequency of R. damarensis. Our results did not support genetic drift because there was no correlation between RF variation and geographic distance. Our results also did not support James' Rule because there was no significant relationship between (1) geographic distances and RF, (2) body size and RF, or (3) body size and climatic variables. Instead, we found support for IbE in the form of a correlation between RF and both region and annual mean temperature, suggesting that RF variation may be the result of environmental discontinuities. The environmental discontinuities coincided with previously reported genetic divergence. Climatic gradients in conjunction with environmental discontinuities could lead to local adaptation in sensory signals and directed dispersal such that gene flow is restricted, allowing lineages to diverge. However, our study cannot exclude the role of processes like phenotypic plasticity in phenotypic variation.
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- Tinyiko Maluleke
- Department of Biological Sciences Animal Evolution and Systematics Group (AES) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- Department of Biological Sciences Animal Evolution and Systematics Group (AES) University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
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- Centre for Statistics in Ecology Environmental and Conservation (SEEC) South African National Biodiversity Institute Cape Town South Africa
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Silva C, Cabral JA, Hughes SJ, Santos M. A modelling framework to predict bat activity patterns on wind farms: An outline of possible applications on mountain ridges of North Portugal. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2017; 581-582:337-349. [PMID: 28062112 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Worldwide ecological impact assessments of wind farms have gathered relevant information on bat activity patterns. Since conventional bat study methods require intensive field work, the prediction of bat activity might prove useful by anticipating activity patterns and estimating attractiveness concomitant with the wind farm location. A novel framework was developed, based on the stochastic dynamic methodology (StDM) principles, to predict bat activity on mountain ridges with wind farms. We illustrate the framework application using regional data from North Portugal by merging information from several environmental monitoring programmes associated with diverse wind energy facilities that enable integrating the multifactorial influences of meteorological conditions, land cover and geographical variables on bat activity patterns. Output from this innovative methodology can anticipate episodes of exceptional bat activity, which, if correlated with collision probability, can be used to guide wind farm management strategy such as halting wind turbines during hazardous periods. If properly calibrated with regional gradients of environmental variables from mountain ridges with windfarms, the proposed methodology can be used as a complementary tool in environmental impact assessments and ecological monitoring, using predicted bat activity to assist decision making concerning the future location of wind farms and the implementation of effective mitigation measures.
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- Carmen Silva
- Laboratory of Applied Ecology, CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Applied Ecology, CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Fluvial Ecology Laboratory CITAB, Centre for Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Applied Ecology, CITAB - Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-911 Vila Real, Portugal.
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Voigt CC, Lehmann D, Greif S. Stable isotope ratios of hydrogen separate mammals of aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Methods Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Christian C. Voigt
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Alfred‐Kowalke‐Str. 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Ecology Research Group Alfred‐Kowalke‐Str. 17 10315 Berlin Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Sensory Ecology Group Eberhard‐Gwinner‐Strasse House 11 82319 Seewiesen Germany
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Christie JE, O'Donnell CFJ. Large Home Range Size in the Ground Foraging Bat,Mystacina tuberculata, in Cold Temperate Rainforest, New Zealand. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2014. [DOI: 10.3161/150811014x687323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Arthur L, Lemaire M, Dufrêne L, Viol IL, Julien JF, Kerbiriou C. Understanding Bat-Habitat Associations and the Effects of Monitoring on Long-Term Roost Success using a Volunteer Dataset. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2014. [DOI: 10.3161/150811014x687350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Odendaal LJ, Jacobs DS, Bishop JM. Sensory trait variation in an echolocating bat suggests roles for both selection and plasticity. BMC Evol Biol 2014; 14:60. [PMID: 24674227 PMCID: PMC3986686 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Background Across heterogeneous environments selection and gene flow interact to influence the rate and extent of adaptive trait evolution. This complex relationship is further influenced by the rarely considered role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of adaptive population variation. Plasticity can be adaptive if it promotes colonization and survival in novel environments and in doing so may increase the potential for future population differentiation via selection. Gene flow between selectively divergent environments may favour the evolution of phenotypic plasticity or conversely, plasticity itself may promote gene flow, leading to a pattern of trait differentiation in the presence of gene flow. Variation in sensory traits is particularly informative in testing the role of environment in trait and population differentiation. Here we test the hypothesis of ‘adaptive differentiation with minimal gene flow’ in resting echolocation frequencies (RF) of Cape horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus capensis) across a gradient of increasingly cluttered habitats. Results Our analysis reveals a geographically structured pattern of increasing RF from open to highly cluttered habitats in R. capensis; however genetic drift appears to be a minor player in the processes influencing this pattern. Although Bayesian analysis of population structure uncovered a number of spatially defined mitochondrial groups and coalescent methods revealed regional-scale gene flow, phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial sequences did not correlate with RF differentiation. Instead, habitat discontinuities between biomes, and not genetic and geographic distances, best explained echolocation variation in this species. We argue that both selection for increased detection distance in relatively less cluttered habitats and adaptive phenotypic plasticity may have influenced the evolution of matched echolocation frequencies and habitats across different populations. Conclusions Our study reveals significant sensory trait differentiation in the presence of historical gene flow and suggests roles for both selection and plasticity in the evolution of echolocation variation in R. capensis. These results highlight the importance of population level analyses to i) illuminate the subtle interplay between selection, plasticity and gene flow in the evolution of adaptive traits and ii) demonstrate that evolutionary processes may act simultaneously and that their relative influence may vary across different environments.
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- Lizelle J Odendaal
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, 7701 Cape Town, South Africa.
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Can pinewoods provide habitat for a deciduous forest specialist? A two-scale approach to the habitat selection of Bechstein's bat. Mamm Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Body size as an important factor determining trophic niche partitioning in three syntopic rhinolophid bat species. Biologia (Bratisl) 2012. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0139-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Salsamendi E, Garin I, Arostegui I, Goiti U, Aihartza J. What mechanism of niche segregation allows the coexistence of sympatric sibling rhinolophid bats? Front Zool 2012; 9:30. [PMID: 23148596 PMCID: PMC3542077 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Our purpose was to assess how pairs of sibling horseshoe bats coexists when their morphology and echolocation are almost identical. We collected data on echolocation, wing morphology, diet, and habitat use of sympatric Rhinolophus mehelyi and R. euryale. We compared our results with literature data collected in allopatry with similar protocols and at the same time of the year (breeding season). RESULTS Echolocation frequencies recorded in sympatry for R. mehelyi (mean = 106.8 kHz) and R. euryale (105.1 kHz) were similar to those reported in allopatry (R. mehelyi 105-111 kHz; R. euryale 101-109 kHz). Wing parameters were larger in R. mehelyi than R. euryale for both sympatric and allopatric conditions. Moths constitute the bulk of the diet of both species in sympatry and allopatry, with minor variation in the amounts of other prey. There were no inter-specific differences in the use of foraging habitats in allopatry in terms of structural complexity, however we found inter-specific differences between sympatric populations: R. mehelyi foraged in less complex habitats. The subtle inter-specific differences in echolocation frequency seems to be unlikely to facilitate dietary niche partitioning; overall divergences observed in diet may be explained as a consequence of differential prey availability among foraging habitats. Inter-specific differences in the use of foraging habitats in sympatry seems to be the main dimension for niche partitioning between R. mehelyi and R. euryale, probably due to letter differences in wing morphology. CONCLUSIONS Coexistence between sympatric sibling horseshoe bats is likely allowed by a displacement in spatial niche dimension, presumably due to the wing morphology of each species, and shifts the niche domains that minimise competition. Effective measures for conservation of sibling/similar horseshoe bats should guarantee structural diversity of foraging habitats.
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- Egoitz Salsamendi
- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z/g, Leioa E-48940, The Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z/g, Leioa E-48940, The Basque Country
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- Department of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z/g, Leioa E-48940, The Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z/g, Leioa E-48940, The Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Sarriena z/g, Leioa E-48940, The Basque Country
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Salsamendi E, Arostegui I, Aihartza J, Almenar D, Goiti U, Garin I. Foraging Ecology in Mehely's Horseshoe Bats: Influence of Habitat Structure and Water Availability. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2012. [DOI: 10.3161/150811012x654330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ecomorphology, differentiated habitat use, and nocturnal activities of Rhinolophus and Hipposideros species in East Asian tropical forests. ZOOLOGY 2012; 115:22-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Revised: 07/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Goiti U, Aihartza J, Guiu M, Salsamendi E, Almenar D, Napal M, Garin I. Geoffroy's bat,Myotis emarginatus, preys preferentially on spiders in multistratified dense habitats: a study of foraging bats in the Mediterranean. FOLIA ZOOLOGICA 2011. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i1.a3.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Urtzi Goiti
- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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- Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48080 Bilbao PO Box 644, Basque Country
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Reproductive and age classes do not change spatial dynamics of foraging long-fingered bats (Myotis capaccinii). EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0507-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Davy CM, Russo D, Fenton MB. Use of native woodlands and traditional olive groves by foraging bats on a Mediterranean island: consequences for conservation. J Zool (1987) 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rainho A. Summer foraging habitats of bats in a Mediterranean region of the Iberian Peninsula. ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2007. [DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[171:sfhobi]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dietz C, Dietz I, Siemers BM. WING MEASUREMENT VARIATIONS IN THE FIVE EUROPEAN HORSESHOE BAT SPECIES (CHIROPTERA: RHINOLOPHIDAE). J Mammal 2006. [DOI: 10.1644/05-mamm-a-299r2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Goiti U, Aihartza JR, Garin I. Diet and prey selection in the Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) during the pre-breeding season. MAMMALIA 2004. [DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In May 2001 we collected droppings of
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