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Pollen essential amino acids shape bat–flower interaction networks

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 11, Page 3311-3324, November 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Although pollen consumption by phytophagous bats has long been documented, the role of its protein and amino acid content in driving plant–pollinator interactions remains largely overlooked.
Fernando Gonçalves, Andréa Cardoso Araujo, Carine Emer, Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo, Erich Fischer   +4 more
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Sex differences in DNA methylation in bats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1551, Issue 1, Page 115-128, September 2025.
We compared DNA methylation between males and females of 14 bat species. Sex differences in methylation were overrepresented on the X chromosome and sites hypermethylated in males and females were underrepresented near androgen and estrogen receptor binding sites, respectively.
Jack G. Rayner, Samantha L. Bock, Andrew J. Lonski, Nicole C. Riddle, Gerald S. Wilkinson   +4 more
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Diverse hosts, diverse immune systems: Evolutionary variation in bat immunology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1550, Issue 1, Page 151-172, August 2025.
Bats are recognized to have distinct immune systems from other vertebrates that may allow them to host virulent pathogens without showing disease. However, these flying mammals are also incredibly diverse, such that bats should not be expected to be immunologically homogenous.
Daniel J. Becker, Amanda Vicente‐Santos, Ashley B. Reers, B. R. Ansil, Mika O'Shea, Caroline A. Cummings, Alicia J. Roistacher, Rita M. Quintela‐Tizon, Manuela M. T. Pereira, Juniper Rosen, Arinjay Banerjee, Hannah K. Frank   +11 more
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Neuronal activity underlying vocal production in bats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1550, Issue 1, Page 37-54, August 2025.
Bats are known for their highly evolved echolocation and social vocalizations. They have been well studied in terms of auditory processing, but their neural circuits for vocal production are far less understood. This review highlights recent progress in mapping neural activity linked to vocalization in bats.
Susanne S. Babl, Ava Kiai, Francisco García‐Rosales, Julio C. Hechavarría   +3 more
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From Bat to Worse: The Pivotal Role of Bats for Viral Zoonosis

Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2025.
Thanks to a dampened inflammatory innate immune response, various Chiropteran (bat) species frequently carry ‐ without showing symptoms – diverse viruses that can cause severe diseases in humans. The reasons why bats are a pivotal virus reservoir for emerging viral diseases are discussed in this Lilliput contribution.
Harald Brüssow
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Anthropogenic disturbances alter the trophic niche structure and ecological relationships of understory bat communities in the Ecuadorian Andean Chocó

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
Human disturbances have reduced the three basic niche dimensions for the survival of some mammalian species (space, time, and resources). Anthropic activities cause the extinction of ecological functionalities faster than species extinctions. In this study, we identified four types of habitats in the Ecuadorian Andean Chocó: primary forest (PF ...
Marco Antonio Rodríguez‐Segovia, María Mercedes Gavilánez‐Endara   +1 more
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Perceptual strategies in active and passive hearing of neotropical bats [PDF]

, 2008
Basic spectral and temporal sound properties, such as frequency content and timing, are evaluated by the auditory system to build an internal representation of the external world and to generate auditory guided behaviour. Using echolocating bats as model
Goerlitz, Holger R.
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Phyllostomus elongatus

, 1998
Phyllostomus elongatus (E. Geoffroy) VOUCHER MATERIAL: 14 females (AMNH *266051, *266055, *266058, *266062, *266063, *266064, *266067, *266068, *267152, *267897; MNHN *1995.1082, *1995.1083, *1995.1084, *1995.1085) and 12 males (AMNH *266050, *266052, *
Voss, Robert S., Simmons, Nancy B.
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Histomorfometria testicular do morcego Phyllostomus discolor (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) em áreas de Mata Atlântica de Pernambuco [PDF]

, 2014
This study analyzed the reproductive condition, by histomorphometry, of P. discolor collected in forest fragments of the South Coast of Pernambuco during the dry and rainy seasons.
Marinho, Ketsia Sabrina Nascimento do, Lima Júnior, Nivaldo Bernardo de, Lima, Nivaldo Bernardo de, Arandas, Maria Juliana Gomes, Pontes, Antonio Rossano Mendes, Santos, Katharine Raquel Pereira dos, dos Santos, Katharine Raquel Pereira, Aguiar Júnior, Francisco Carlos Amanajás de, Aguiar, Francisco Carlos Amanajás de, Marinho, Ketsia Sabrina do Nascimento   +9 more
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There is always room for one more: mass visitation by nectarivorous bats recorded at urban Sumaúma trees (Ceiba pentandra)

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Background In tropical South America, Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) is a native chiropterophilous tree frequently found in cities that stands out as a potential substantial floral resource for synanthropic bats, which exhibit unusual swarming behaviour ...
Sinzinando Albuquerque-Lima, Ugo M. Diniz, Alexsandro Bezerra-Silva, Josefa R. Carneiro, Isabel C. Machado   +4 more
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