We evaluated the structure of a community of frugivorous bats using composition and abundance patterns, niche amplitude and food overlap of these animals in four Atlantic Forest fragments, each one exposed to different conservation realities. For twelve
Camila de Lima Faustino +3 more
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Contribuição ao estudo da infecção de morcegos por hemoflagelados do gênero Trypanosoma Gruby, 1843
O presente estudo foi realizado no período de julho de 1983 a dezembro de 1984, nos municípios cearenses de Russas, Palhano, Limoeiro do Norte, Morada Nova, Canindé, Quixadá e Pereiro, os quais correspondem a parte da área endêmica da tripanossomíase ...
Marta E. Fabián
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Global patterns of functional trait variation along aridity gradients in bats
Abstract Aim Our understanding of the biological strategies employed by species to cope with challenges posed by aridity is still limited. Despite being sensitive to water loss, bats successfully inhabit a wide range of arid lands. We here investigated how functional traits of bat assemblages vary along the global aridity gradient to identify traits ...
Irene Conenna +6 more
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Checklist of the Helminth Parasites of South American Bats [PDF]
My Brazilian co-author paid for this paper to be open--access.Copyright © 2001-2015 Magnolia Press. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
Gibson, David I., Santos, CP
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Bat (Chiroptera) assemblages in three Cerrado fragments of Mato Grosso do Sul, southwestern Brazil [PDF]
Despite its high species richness and large area, the Brazilian Cerrado is a generally undervalued and under-protected biome. There are relatively few published studies of bat assemblages in this area.
Julie Shapiro, Marcelo Bordignon
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Checklist of bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from Tocantins and Bahia, Brazil: a gradient from Cerrado, Caatinga and Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Herein we present a list of bat species in a gradient of physiognomies, from the Cerrado to the Caatinga and to the Atlantic Forest, between Tocantins and Bahia, two of the most poorly bat-sampled regions in Brazil.
Marina Lapenta, Adriana Bueno
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Bat-species richness in the Pantanal floodplain and its surrounding uplands [PDF]
Estudamos a fauna de morcegos na planície do Pantanal e nos planaltos de entorno no Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, com base na coleção científica da Universidade Anhanguera – Uniderp e no banco de dados do Projeto Morcegos do Pantanal, UFMS, incluindo 9 ...
Alho, Cleber José Rodrigues +3 more
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Molecular and cellular evidence of natural Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection in frugivorous bats in Colombia [PDF]
Background and Aim: Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an alphavirus that causes encephalitis with a high impact on public health in Latin America.
Camilo Guzmán +6 more
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O hábito alimentar dos morcegos (Mammalia, Chiroptera) e sua relação com a diversidade viral [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia, 2016.Os morcegos são reconhecidos como hospedeiros de uma grande variedade de vírus.
Teixeira, Paula Galvão
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Segregação de recursos por diferentes espécies de morcegos (Mammalia: Chiroptera) na Reserva Biológica de Sooretama [PDF]
Em ecologia, uma das ideias mais importantes é o princípio da exclusão competitiva, ou Lei de Gause, que afirma que duas espécies competindo pelos mesmos recursos não podem coexistir de modo estável se todos os outros fatores ecológicos forem constantes.
Chew, WC, Jiang, L, Lo, YH, Xiong, X
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