[HTML][HTML] Distributional patterns and ecological determinants of bat occurrence inside caves: a broad scale meta-analysis

HFM De Oliveira, M Oprea, RI Dias - Diversity, 2018 - mdpi.com
Caves are important bat roosts worldwide that are used as shelters, maternity roosts, and to
help in thermoregulation. Bat abundances, species richness, and association patterns inside …

Effect of forest structure and fragmentation on site occupancy of bat species in Missouri Ozark forests

MD Yates, RM Muzika - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in structure and arrangement of forests may influence the distribution of
bat communities by affecting roosting and foraging habitat. Using Anabat bat detectors, we …

Roosting ecology of Amazonian bats: evidence for guild structure in hyperdiverse mammalian communities

RS Voss, DW Fleck, RE Strauss, PM Velazco… - American Museum …, 2016 - BioOne
The ecological mechanisms that sustain high species richness in Neotropical bat
communities have attracted research attention for several decades. Although many …

Forest conversion to cattle ranching differentially affects taxonomic and functional groups of Neotropical bats

F Gonçalves, E Fischer, R Dirzo - Biological conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the effects of land conversion for livestock grazing on species diversity and
functional groups continues to be urgently needed to assess how ranching affects animal …

Multilayer networks assisting to untangle direct and indirect pathogen transmission in bats

DMC Alcantara, P Ikeda, CS Souza, VVC de Mello… - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
The importance of species that connect the different types of interactions is becoming
increasingly recognized, and this role may be related to specific attributes of these species …

Use of space by frugivorous bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a restored Atlantic forest fragment in Brazil

LC Trevelin, M Silveira, M Port-Carvalho… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We studied patterns in the use of space for foraging and roosting by two frugivorous bat
species in a five-year-old restored Atlantic forest located in a fragmented landscape in …

The abundance of hollow-bearing trees in urban dry sclerophyll forest and the effect of wind on hollow development

MJ Harper, MA McCarthy, R van der Ree - Biological Conservation, 2005 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic change, particularly in urban landscapes, has resulted in the fragmentation
of indigenous vegetation into often small isolated 'remnants'. The persistence of arboreal …

Bats and Mayan temples: Bat diversity and the potential for conservation of archeological zones in Yucatan, Mexico

D Cafaggi, G Marín, RA Medellin - Biotropica, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The role of archeological zones in biological conservation has been highlighted because of
their restrictions over land‐use change, size, and maintenance of upstanding vegetation …

Temporal patterns of bats in the top end of the Northern Territory, Australia

DJ Milne, A Fisher, I Rainey, CR Pavey - Journal of Mammalogy, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Temporal activity patterns of microchiropteran bats were assessed at 4 scales (hourly,
nightly, monthly, and yearly) in the Top End of the Northern Territory, Australia, in relation to …

Effects of reduced impact logging on bat biodiversity in terra firme forest of lowland Amazonia

I Castro-Arellano, SJ Presley, LN Saldanha… - Biological …, 2007 - Elsevier
Timber harvest is one of the main causes of degradation of Amazonian tropical forests,
where bats represent important components of biodiversity. In addition, bats may represent …