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Salivary pH and Buffering Capacity in Frugivorous and Insectivorous Bats [PDF]

Journal of Mammalogy, 1997
Histochemical and ultrastructural studies suggest that bats possess a diverse array of salivary chemistries that are associated with variation in dietary habits. Two fundamental chemical properties of saliva are pH and buffering capacity. This study documents variation in the pH and buffering capacity of whole saliva in 21 chiropteran species ...
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Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals biodiversity recovery in tropical forest restoration across multiple landscapes

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2026.
Abstract Forest ecosystems have been degraded globally and restoration efforts aim to reverse loss of biodiversity and ecosystem function decline including carbon storage from the atmosphere. Assessments of restoration success predominantly emphasize increasing carbon stocks rather than species recovery.
Monika Goralczyk, Mailyn A. Gonzalez, Andrea Polanco, Dominik Kirschner, Angela Arias‐Ortiz, Virginie Marques, Shuo Zong, Loïc Pellissier   +7 more
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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
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Molecular Epidemiology of Paramyxoviruses in Frugivorous <i>Eidolon helvum</i> Bats in Zambia

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2014
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In this study, we describe the detection of novel paramyxoviruses from the Eidolon helvum species of fruit bats. We extracted RNA from 312 spleen samples from bats captured in Zambia over a period of 4 years (2008-2011).
MULEYA, Walter, SASAKI, Michihito, ORBA, Yasuko, ISHII, Akihiro, THOMAS, Yuka, NAKAGAWA, Emiko, OGAWA, Hirohito, HANG’OMBE, Bernard, NAMANGALA, Boniface, MWEENE, Aaron, TAKADA, Ayato, KIMURA, Takashi, SAWA, Hirofumi   +12 more
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Foraging Ecology and Energetics of the Frugivorous Bat Artibeus Jamaicensis

Ecology, 1978
In Panama that bat Artibeus jamaicensis feeds primarily on figs (fruits of the genus Ficus). One hundred forty—two Ficus trees in 25 ha were mapped and their fruit production monitored for 2yr. Radio—tracking observations of foraging A. jamaicensis revealed that each bat carries away 9 ± 2 figs per night, enough to provide 40% more than the 43.9 kJ ...
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Food niche overlap among neotropical frugivorous bats in Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2003
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Food habits of 15 species of frugivorous bats were studied at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Eight hundred and fifty-four (854) fecal samples and 169 samples from fruit parts and seeds discarded by bats beneath feeding roosts were analyzed.
Lopez, Jorge E., Vaughan, Christopher
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Trophic structure of frugivorous bats in the Neotropics: emergent patterns in evolutionary history

Mammal Review, 2018
Abstract Knowing the relative importance of phylogeny in dietary specialisation in frugivorous bats is key to understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that drove their diversification and to elucidating the mechanisms allowing their coexistence in multispecific assemblages.
Mariano Sebastián Sánchez, Norberto Pedro Giannini   +1 more
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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
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Frugivorous and animalivorous bats (Microchiroptera): dental and cranial adaptations

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1988
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The most derived fruit-eating bats have small canines, wide palates and molars with a distinctive labial rim. Paracone and metacone have moved from a dilambdodont position in the middle of the tooth to the labial side of the tooth where they form the labial cutting edge.
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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
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