Pathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology

P Eby, AJ Peel, A Hoegh, W Madden, JR Giles… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
During recent decades, pathogens that originated in bats have become an increasing public
health concern. A major challenge is to identify how those pathogens spill over into human …

Large Old World Fruit Bats on the Brink of Extinction: Causes and Consequences

T Kingston, FBV Florens… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2023‏ - annualreviews.org
Large Old World fruit bats (LOWFBs), species of Pteropus, Acerodon, and related genera of
large bats in the pteropodid subfamily Pteropodinae, play important roles as agents of …

Conventional wisdom on roosting behavior of Australian flying‐foxes—A critical review, and evaluation using new data

TJ Lunn, P Eby, R Brooks, H McCallum… - Ecology and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Fruit bats (Family: Pteropodidae) are animals of great ecological and economic
importance, yet their populations are threatened by ongoing habitat loss and human …

Population trends in the vulnerable Grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus; results from a long-term, range-wide study

EP Vanderduys, P Caley, A McKeown, JM Martin… - Plos one, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Monitoring is necessary for the management of any threatened species if its predicament
and status are to improve. Monitoring establishes baseline data for tracking trends in …

Habitat use, terrestriality and feeding behaviour of Javan slow lorises in urban areas of a multi-use landscape in Indonesia

L Karimloo, M Campera, MA Imron, S Rakholia… - Land, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Urban areas are rapidly expanding into natural habitats worldwide. When species are
threatened with habitat loss, it is vital to understand how they will respond or adapt to the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact assessment of the Australian 2019–20 megafires on roost sites of the vulnerable grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

M Mo, J Meade, A Roff, LA Timmiss, R Gibson… - Global Ecology and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Bushfires are a natural component of the ecology of many landscapes, but megafires such
as those experienced in Australia between July 2019 and April 2020 have substantial direct …

Human-modified landscapes provide key foraging areas for a threatened flying mammal: the grey-headed flying-fox

SH Yabsley, J Meade, JM Martin, JA Welbergen - PLoS One, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Urban expansion is a major threat to natural ecosystems but also creates novel
opportunities that adaptable species can exploit. The grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus …

Land use, season, and parasitism predict metal concentrations in Australian flying fox fur

CA Sánchez, MT Penrose, MK Kessler… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Urban-living wildlife can be exposed to metal contaminants dispersed into the environment
through industrial, residential, and agricultural applications. Metal exposure carries lethal …

Habitat loss for black flying foxes and implications for Hendra virus

K Baranowski, N Bharti - Landscape Ecology, 2023‏ - Springer
Context Environmental change impacts natural ecosystems and wildlife populations. In
Australia, native forests have been heavily cleared and the local emergence of Hendra virus …

Ground-based counting methods underestimate true numbers of a threatened colonial mammal: an evaluation using drone-based thermal surveys as a reference

ED McCarthy, JM Martin, MM Boer… - Wildlife …, 2022‏ - CSIRO Publishing
Context Accurate and precise monitoring practises are key for effective wildlife conservation
management; providing reliable estimates of spatiotemporal changes in species abundance …