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Digestive capacity predicts diet diversity in
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2015 Summary Predicting the diet diversity of animals is important to basic and applied ecology. Knowledge of diet diversity in animals helps us understand niche partitioning, functional diversity and ecosystem services such as pollination, pest control and seed dispersal.
Saldaña‐Vázquez, Romeo A. +4 more
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An Assessment on Bat Diversity in Curitiba, Paraná State, Subtropical Brazil
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2021 Urbanization changes natural environments making them inhospitable to autochthonous fauna. However, studies have shown that certain groups and animal species tolerate urban habitat or even benefit from it as is the case of some bats.
Gledson Vigiano Bianconi +1 more
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Phylogenetic Patterns in Mouth Posture and Echolocation Emission Behavior of Phyllostomid Bats
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 While phyllostomid bats show an impressive range of feeding habits, most of them emit highly similar echolocation calls. Due to the presence of an often prominent noseleaf, it has long been assumed that all phyllostomids emit echolocation calls ...
Gloria Gessinger +7 more
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Divergence, Convergence and Phenotypic Diversity of Neotropical Frugivorous Bats [PDF]
Diversity, 2018 Knowing how adaptation shapes morphological evolution is fundamental to understanding the processes that promote biological diversity. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence on the effects of adaptive radiations on phenotypic diversity, which is related to processes that promote phenotypic divergence and convergence.
Oscar E. Murillo-García +1 more
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Two Novel Parvoviruses in Frugivorous New and Old World Bats
PLoS ONE, 2011 (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Bats, a globally distributed group of mammals with high ecological importance, are increasingly recognized as natural reservoir hosts for viral agents of significance to human and animal health. In the present study, we evaluated pools of blood samples obtained from two phylogenetically distant bat ...
Canuti, Marta +13 more
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Responses of bats to forest fragmentation at Pozuzo, Peru
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2011 Forest fragmentation and deforestation are among the major threats to Peruvian bats conservation. Unfortunately,information about the effects of these threats above 500 m elevation is lacking.
José Luis Mena
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Caldasia, 2020 The edge effect is one of the consequences of forest fragmentation and is one of the main drivers of alter-ation of ecological and ecosystem processes. Trophic guilds and species of bats have shown differential responses to this phenomenon.
Aída Otálora-Ardila +1 more
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Movement syndromes of a Neotropical frugivorous bat inhabiting heterogeneous landscapes in Brazil [PDF]
Movement Ecology, 2021 Abstract Background There is growing evidence that individuals within populations can vary in both habitat use and movement behavior, but it is still not clear how these two relate to each other. The aim of this study was to test if and how individual bats in a Stunira lilium population differ in their movement activity ...
Kerches-Rogeri, Patricia +8 more
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Bat flies: source of supplement nutrients for an endemic Malagasy fruit bat
Tropical Zoology, 2022 Among frugivorous vertebrates, the nutritional composition of consumed fruits often needs supplementing by other food types, such as leaves, pollen or invertebrates, to meet dietary requirements. The endemic Malagasy fruit bat, Rousettus madagascariensis
Riana Valéry Ramanantsalama +3 more
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Pathogens, 2021 With 12 of the 31 outbreaks, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is highly affected by Ebolavirus disease (EVD). To better understand the role of bats in the ecology of Ebola viruses, we conducted surveys in bats during two recent EVD outbreaks and in
Audrey Lacroix +15 more
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