The critical importance of Old World fruit bats for healthy ecosystems and economies

SA Aziz, KR McConkey, K Tanalgo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

The ecology of Nipah virus in Bangladesh: a nexus of land-use change and opportunistic feeding behavior in bats

CD McKee, A Islam, SP Luby, H Salje, PJ Hudson… - Viruses, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Nipah virus is a bat-borne paramyxovirus that produces yearly outbreaks of fatal
encephalitis in Bangladesh. Understanding the ecological conditions that lead to spillover …

The genetic diversity of Nipah virus across spatial scales

O Cortes-Azuero, N Lefrancq, B Nikolay… - The Journal of …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Nipah virus (NiV), a highly lethal virus in humans, circulates in
Pteropus bats throughout South and Southeast Asia. Difficulty in obtaining viral genomes …

The value of local community knowledge in species distribution modelling for a threatened Neotropical parrot

R Biddle, I Solis-Ponce, M Jones, S Marsden… - Biodiversity and …, 2021‏ - Springer
Species distribution models are widely used in conservation planning, but obtaining the
necessary occurrence data can be challenging, particularly for rare species. In these cases …

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 …

Map** risk of Nipah virus transmission from bats to humans in Thailand

A Chaiyes, P Duengkae, W Suksavate… - EcoHealth, 2022‏ - Springer
Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus that can pose a serious threat to human and livestock
health. Old-world fruit bats (Pteropus spp.) are the natural reservoir hosts for NiV, and …

Two decades of one health surveillance of Nipah virus in Thailand

S Wacharapluesadee, S Ghai, P Duengkae… - One Health …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract Background Nipah virus (NiV) infection causes encephalitis and has> 75% mortality
rate, making it a WHO priority pathogen due to its pandemic potential. There have been NiV …

Local hunting practices and perceptions regarding the distribution and ecological role of the Large Flying Fox (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Pteropus vampyrus) in …

J Mohd-Azlan, JY Yong, NNM Hazzrol… - … of Threatened Taxa, 2022‏ - threatenedtaxa.org
Pteropodids such as flying foxes are declining rapidly across their range due to human
activities, despite their benefit to humans through ecosystem services. The Large Flying Fox …

The genetic diversity of Nipah virus across spatial scales

OC Azuero, N Lefrancq, B Nikolay, C McKee… - medRxiv, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nipah virus (NiV), a highly lethal virus in humans, circulates silently in Pteropus bats
throughout South and Southeast Asia. Difficulty in obtaining genomes from bats means we …

An assessment of the niche centroid hypothesis: Pteropus lylei (Chiroptera)

A Chaiyes, LE Escobar, EV Willcox, P Duengkae… - …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Recent ecological theories propose that species reach their highest abundance and genetic
diversity in the center of their ecological niche and decline toward the edges. We assessed …