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Metabolic Adaptations In Frugivorous Bats

, 2015
Frugivorous bats like Artibeus lituratus and Artibeus jamaicensis are known to digest carbohydrate-rich meals rapidly and efficiently. These bats feed on variety of fruits with preference for figs, which presents an availability of 14.4 g of carbohydrate
Pinheiro E.C., Protzek A.O.P.
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Soundscapes of the Upper Amazon: Seasonal Activity Patterns of Insectivorous Bats in Cordillera Escalera, Peru

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Bats, the second most diverse group of mammals, play essential ecological roles in insect control, pollination, and seed dispersal. In Peru, insectivorous bats remain poorly studied, particularly in high‐elevation rainforest ecosystems of the upper Amazon region.
Valery Sue Barreda‐Ortiz, Edgardo M. Rengifo, Jaime Pacheco, Alexandra Cabrera, Manuel Saucedo‐Bazalar, Gisella Orjeda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raiva em morcegos Artibeus lituratus em Montes Claros, Estado de Minas Gerais Rabies in Artibeus lituratus bats in Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Apresentam-se os primeiros isolamentos do vírus da raiva em morcegos frugívoros, espécie Artibeus lituratus em Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. Diagnosticou-se através da reação de imunofluorescência direta, prova biológica e tipificação viral.
Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro, Antônio Prates Caldeira, Letícia Alves Antunes, Vinícius Figueiredo Carneiro, Gustavo Figueiredo Carneiro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) [PDF]

, 2011
According to Brown's hypothesis, generalists have high niche breadth and can tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions resulting in large geographic range sizes. Conversely, specialists have low niche breadth and small range sizes.
Aronson, Jonathan
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Food choice in frugivorous bats, June 2006

, 2006
Frugivorous bats are important dispersers for many tropical plants and their conservation depends on furthering knowledge in their foraging behaviors and food preferences (Brosset et al. 1996).
Riegler, Lauren
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Foraging strategies, craniodental traits, and interaction in the bite force of Neotropical frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae: Stenodermatinae). [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2021
García-Herrera LV, Ramírez-Fráncel LA, Guevara G, Reinoso-Flórez G, Sánchez-Hernández A, Lim BK, Losada-Prado S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

City life makes females fussy : sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas [PDF]

, 2014
Urbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity; to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species' patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix.
Olley, Lena, Mayhew, Rebekah J, Fuentes-Montemayor, Elisa, Park, Kirsty J., Minderman, Jeroen, Bunnefeld, Nils, Mayhew, Rebekah J., Lintott, Paul, Lintott, Paul R., Park, Kirsty   +9 more
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Frugivorous bats drink nutrient- and clay-enriched water in the Amazon rain forest: support for a dual function of mineral-lick visits

, 2013
In Central Amazonia, large mammals create water-filled puddles when consuming soil. These mineral licks are visited by pregnant and lactating frugivorous bats; possibly for two reasons.
Voigt, Christian C., Thomas H. Kunz, Christian C. Voigt, Hans Ruppert, Ghanem, Simon J., Simon J. Ghanem, Ruppert, Hans, Kunz, Thomas H.   +7 more
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Absent or low rate of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of bats (Chiroptera) [PDF]

, 2007
Bats are the only flying mammals and have well developed navigation abilities for 3D-space. Even bats with comparatively small home ranges cover much larger territories than rodents, and long-distance migration by some species is unique among small ...
Winter, Y, Amrein, Irmgard, Lipp Hans-Peter, Winter, Y., Lipp, Hans-Peter, Lipp, H P, Amrein Irmgard, Dechmann Dina K.N., Dechmann, D., Amrein, I, Hans-Peter Lipp, Amrein, I., Lipp, H., Winter, York, Dechmann, Dina K. N., Winter York, Irmgard Amrein, Dechmann, D K, Dina K N Dechmann, York Winter   +19 more
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Unveiling bat-plant interactions in the Maranhão Cerrado [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The Cerrado still represents a gap in knowledge about interactions between bats and plants, especially in the state of Maranhão. As this is the first study focused on the diet of frugivorous bats in the region, its aim was to characterize the ...
SAMARA S. COSTA, CIRO L.C. DOS SANTOS, JOSÉ MANUEL M. REBÊLO   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources