Seasonal challenges of tropical bats in temperate zones

Abstract To examine the challenges faced by free-ranging Rousettus aegyptiacus living at the northern edge of their distribution, we performed a retrospective analysis of 2196 clinical cases reported by a bat rescue NGO over a period of 36 months, from throughout Israel. All cases of injured bats we...

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Main Authors: Maya Weinberg, Omer Mazar, Adi Rachum, Xing Chen, Sophia Goutink, Nora Lifshitz, Rona Winter-Livneh, Gábor Á. Czirják, Yossi Yovel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21076-9