For hundreds of millions of years, large vertebrates (megafauna) have inhabited most of the
ecosystems on our planet. During the late Quaternary, notably during the Late P leistocene …

The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) maintains a diverse, sanguivorous diet,
utilizing a broad range of prey taxa. As anthropogenic change alters the distribution of this …

Wild boars have been listed among the 100 most invasive species worldwide, spreading
impacts to all continents, with the exception of Antarctica. In Brazil, a major source of …

Metabarcoding diet analysis has become a valuable tool in animal ecology; however, co‐
amplified predator sequences are not generally used for anything other than to validate …

Human activities create novel food resources that can alter wildlife–pathogen interactions. If
resources amplify or dampen, pathogen transmission probably depends on both host …

Our understanding of mammal ecology has always been hindered by the difficulties of
observing species in closed tropical forests. Camera trap** has become a major advance …

Common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) occur throughout much of South America to
northern México. Vampire bats have not been documented in recent history in the United …

The importance of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus for the transmission of the
rabies virus does not lie solely in its ability to transmit this disease to other mammals, but …

Abstract Bats (Order: Chiroptera) harbor a high diversity of emerging pathogens presumably
because their ability to fly and social behavior favor the maintenance, evolution, and …

Rabies, one of the most lethal global zoonoses, affects all mammals. It remains circulating
worldwide in sylvatic cycles through terrestrial and airborne reservoirs, and in Brazil, bats …