Organic contaminants in bats: trends and new issues

S Bayat, F Geiser, P Kristiansen, SC Wilson - Environment international, 2014 - Elsevier
Exposure to contaminants, often pesticides, has been implicated as a major factor
contributing to decreases in bat populations. Bats provide essential ecosystem services and …

Exposure to pesticides in bats

CG Torquetti, ATB Guimarães, B Soto-Blanco - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bats provide a variety of ecological services that are essential to the integrity of ecosystems.
Indiscriminate use of pesticides has been a threat to biodiversity, and the exposure of bats to …

[KNIHA][B] Bats in the Anthropocene: conservation of bats in a changing world

CC Voigt, T Kingston - 2016 - library.oapen.org
Open Access This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
Noncommercial License, which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and …

[PDF][PDF] Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations

C Korine, R Adams, D Russo… - Bats in the …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Natural bodies of open water in desert landscapes, such as springs and ephemeral pools,
and the plant-life they support, are important resources for the survival of animals in hyper …

[HTML][HTML] How do pesticides affect bats?–A brief review of recent publications

JM Oliveira, ALF Destro, MB Freitas… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
Increased agricultural production has been increased use of pesticides worldwide, which
poses a threat to both human and environmental health. Recent studies suggest that several …

A systematic review of trace elements in the tissues of bats (Chiroptera)

F Giunta, BV Hernout, TA Langen, MR Twiss - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Bats constitute about 22% of known mammal species; they have various ecological roles
and provide many ecosystem services. Bats suffer from several threats caused by …

Moulting matters: the importance of understanding moulting cycles in bats when using fur for endogenous marker analysis

EE Fraser, FJ Longstaffe… - Canadian Journal of …, 2013 - cdnsciencepub.com
Endogenous markers are a valuable indicator of individual animal ecology, but data
interpretation requires a detailed understanding of the timing of tissue formation. Fur is …

Exposure to deltamethrin induces oxidative stress and decreases of energy reserve in tissues of the Neotropical fruit-eating bat Artibeus lituratus

JM Oliveira, NF Losano, SS Condessa… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Deltamethrin (DTM) is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide highly used by farmers and home
users. This pesticide has lipophilic properties that facilitate a high absorption and can cause …

Mammalian hair as an accumulative bioindicator of metal bioavailability in Australian terrestrial environments

CM McLean, CE Koller, JC Rodger… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
The current study represents the first investigation of the suitability of marsupial and
eutherian mammalian hair as indicator tissue for metal exposure and accumulation within …

High concentrations of persistent organic pollutants including PCBs, DDT, PBDEs and PFOS in little brown bats with white-nose syndrome in New York, USA

K Kannan, SH Yun, RJ Rudd, M Behr - Chemosphere, 2010 - Elsevier
White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a condition associated with white fungal growth on ears,
wings, and nose of hibernating bats; this condition has recently resulted in high bat mortality …