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Niche occupancy of Jamaican bat caves: Diversity increases isotopic niche packing

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Tropical bat caves are home to hundreds of thousands of bats of multiple species. In Jamaica, we found that isotopic niche packing is the likely mechanism of coexistence at more diverse sites. Abstract There are over 1000 documented caves across Jamaica, many of them used by diverse communities of bats.
Phillip J. Oelbaum, Ronald P. Hall, Damion L. Whyte, Nicholas A. Lee, Ronald S. Stewart, Jerrica M. Jamison, Kenneth C. Welch Jr.   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Keystone resource (Ficus) chemistry explains lick visitation by frugivorous bats

, 2012
Geophagy is a widespread behavior among plant-eating animals. In the Neotropics, mineral licks are activity hot spots for frugivorous bats (Stenodermatinae). Bats drink mineral-rich water accumulated in soil depressions made by geophagous mammals.
Emmons, Louise H., Harms, Kyle E., Bravo, Adriana   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Multispecies aggregations of bats at kitchen waste pools in western Amazonia: a new source of mineral licks? [PDF]

Acta Amazonica
We recorded aggregations of frugivorous bats swooping down to drink from pools formed by kitchen drains in two locations in western Amazonia. Videos and photographs show at least two species and three genera of phyllostomid bats with this behavior. While
William Ernest MAGNUSSON, Paulo Estefano Dineli BOBROWIEC, João Araújo DE SOUZA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corpses as Repositories of Information and Funerals as Information Centres: Why Natural Selection Favours the Bereaved

Ethology, EarlyView.
Corpses are repositories of information about the cause of death. The distress of the bereaved acts as an honest signal drawing conspecifics to the body, enabling them to learn quickly about the death, adapt their behaviour, and spread knowledge of threats across multiple social levels.
Jacob Dembitzer, Dror Ben‐Ami
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis of rabies in nonhematophagous bats in Campo Grande City, Mato Grosso do Sul Centro Oeste do Brazil: report cases/
Diagnóstico da raiva em morcegos não hematófagos na cidade de Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Centro Oeste do Brasil: descrição de casos

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2003
Ecological alterations in the environment may have contributed significantly for the increase of nonhematophagous bats in urban perimeter. This migration has also brought the virus into the cities.
Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Meire Becer, Gisele Torres de Deus   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ground mammal colonization of restored wildlife corridors in the tropical uplands of north‐eastern Australia

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Since European settlement, Australia's Wet Tropics bioregion has been extensively cleared, leaving a mosaic of rainforest fragments, crops, pastures, orchards, and human settlement. Fragment isolation leads to declines in faunal diversity and genetic variability, effects potentially exacerbated by climate change. Restoring habitat
Nigel Tucker, Nara Vogado
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive evolution in the glucose transporter 4 gene Slc2a4 in Old World fruit bats (family: Pteropodidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Frugivorous and nectarivorous bats are able to ingest large quantities of sugar in a short time span while avoiding the potentially adverse side-effects of elevated blood glucose. The glucose transporter 4 protein (GLUT4) encoded by the Slc2a4 gene plays
Bin Shen, Xiuqun Han, Junpeng Zhang, Stephen J Rossiter, Shuyi Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 5, Page 2081-2102, October 2026.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assemblage Structure of Palaeotropical Frugivorous Bats at Mineral Licks Sites in Deramakot and Tangkulap Forest Reserve, Sabah [PDF]

, 2018
Few studies have been done on natural mineral licks visitation on bat fauna, particularly in Borneo and Southeast Asia in general. Little is known about the assemblage of bats using mineral licks and this study was done to determine assemblage structure ...
Lawrence Alan Bansa, Hisashi Matsubayashi, Abdul Hamid Ahmad   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Relaxed evolution in the tyrosine aminotransferase gene tat in old world fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Frugivorous and nectarivorous bats fuel their metabolism mostly by using carbohydrates and allocate the restricted amounts of ingested proteins mainly for anabolic protein syntheses rather than for catabolic energy production.
Bin Shen, Tao Fang, Tianxiao Yang, Gareth Jones, David M Irwin, Shuyi Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source