Batting for rice: The effect of bat exclusion on rice in North-East India by Bhalla, IS, Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, J, Whittaker, RJ

“…Insectivorous bats are gaining increasing attention for their potential as biological agents of pest suppression. …”

Bats amongst birds by Freeman, D, Freeman, D, Garety, P, Garety, P

Human dimensions of bat conservation – 10 recommendations to improve and diversify studies of human-bat interactions by Straka, TM, Coleman, J, Macdonald, EA, Kingston, T

“…Collectively, our recommendations aim to solidify, accelerate and diversify bat-related HD research. Although bats are the focal animals, this paper's outcomes are potentially applicable to HD research on other taxa.…”

Social bet-hedging in vampire bats by Carter, GG, Farine, DR, Wilkinson, GS

“…Here, we provide evidence for social bet-hedging in food-sharing vampire bats. When we experimentally removed a key food-sharing partner, females that previously fed a greater number of unrelated females suffered a smaller reduction in food received. …”

Serial reversal learning in nectar-feeding bats by Chidambaram, S, Wintergerst, S, Kacelnik, A, Nachev, V, Winter, Y

“…We explored the behavioral flexibility of Commissaris’s long-tongued bats through a spatial serial reversal foraging task. …”

Age, sex, and climate factors show different effects on survival of three different bat species in a woodland bat community by Culina, A, Linton, D, Macdonald, D

“…1. Bats are the second largest mammalian Order and important providers of ecosystem services including insect pest control, pollination and seed dispersal. …”

Selective logging shows no impact on the dietary breadth of a generalist bat species: the fawn leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros cervinus) by Hemprich-Bennett, D, Kemp, V, Blackman, J, Lewis, O, Struebig, M, Bernard, H, Rossiter, S, Clare, E

“…We analysed the diet of the insectivorous fawn leaf-nosed bat Hipposideros cervinus across a forest disturbance gradient in Borneo, using a dataset of ecological interactions from an unprecedented number of bat-derived faecal samples. …”

Genome Sequences of a Novel Vietnamese Bat Bunyavirus by Oude Munnink, B, Phan, M, van der Hoek, L, Kellam, P, Cotten, M, the VIZIONS Consortium

“…We describe here novel Vietnamese bunyavirus sequences detected in bat feces. The complete L and S segments from 14 viruses were determined.…”

Wing Morphing in Insects, Birds and Bats: Mechanism and Function by Taylor, G, Carruthers, A, Hubel, T, Walker, S

Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations by Jebb, D, Huang, Z, Pippel, M, Hughes, G, Lavrichenko, K, Devanna, P, Winkler, S, Jermiin, L, Skirmuntt, E, Katzourakis, A, Burkitt-Gray, L, Ray, D, Sullivan, K, Roscito, J, Kirilenko, B, Davalos, L, Corthals, A, Power, M, Jones, G, Ransome, R, Dechmann, D, Locatelli, A, Puechmaille, S, Fedrigo, O, Jarvis, E, Hiller, M, Vernes, S, Myers, E, Teeling, E

“…Bats possess extraordinary adaptations, including flight, echolocation, extreme longevity and unique immunity. …”

EXETER BOOK RIDDLE 74 AC 'OAK' AND BAT 'BOAT' by Griffith, M

Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire bat by Zepeda Mendoza, M, Xiong, Z, Escalera-Zamudio, M, Runge, A, Thézé, J, Streicker, D, Frank, H, Loza-Rubio, E, Liu, S, Ryder, O, Samaniego Castruita, J, Katzourakis, A, Pacheco, G, Taboada, B, Löber, U, Pybus, O, Li, Y, Rojas-Anaya, E, Bohmann, K, Carmona Baez, A, Arias, C, Liu, S, Greenwood, A, Bertelsen, M, White, N, Bunce, M, Zhang, G, Sicheritz-Pontén, T, Gilbert, M

“…We applied a hologenomic approach to the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), one of the only three obligate blood-feeding (sanguivorous) mammals, to study the evolution of its complex dietary adaptation. …”

SOLUTION OF THE WHERE PROBLEM IN CATCHING AND BATTING - AREAS OF RESIDUAL IGNORANCE by Mcleod, P, Jenkins, S

Selective deforestation and exposure of African wildlife to bat-borne viruses by Fedurek, P, Asiimwe, C, Rice, GK, Akankwasa, WJ, Reynolds, V, Hobaiter, C, Kityo, R, Muhanguzi, G, Zuberbühler, K, Crockford, C, Cer, RZ, Bennett, AJ, Rothman, JM, Bishop-Lilly, KA, Goldberg, TL

“…Since then, chimpanzees, black-and-white colobus, and red duiker were observed feeding on bat guano, a behavior not previously observed. Here we show that guano consumption may be a response to dietary mineral scarcity and may expose wildlife to bat-borne viruses. …”

Landscape features drive insectivorous bat activity in Indian rice fields by Bhalla, IS, Razgour, O, Rigal, F, Whittaker, RJ

“…<strong>Context<br></strong> Insectivorous bats have been shown to control a number of agricultural insect pests. …”

Aerial attack strategies of hawks hunting bats, and the adaptive benefits of swarming by Brighton, CH, Zusi, L, McGowan, KA, Kinniry, M, Kloepper, LN, Taylor, GK

“…Instead, lone bats were attacked disproportionately often, representing ~10% of all attacks. …”

Characterisation of a novel lyssavirus isolated from Pteropid bats in Australia. by Gould, A, Hyatt, A, Lunt, R, Kattenbelt, J, Hengstberger, S, Blacksell, S

“…A novel lyssavirus isolated from Pteropid bats in Australia (Australian Bat Lyssavirus, ABLV) has been characterised using gene sequence analyses, electron microscopy and a panel of monoclonal antibodies. …”

The evolution of endogenous retroviral envelope genes in bats and their potential contribution to host biology by Skirmuntt, EC, Katzourakis, A

“…Bats are the primary reservoirs and carriers of a wide range of viruses of unknown infectivity and pathogenic potential. …”

A second wave of Sonic hedgehog expression during the development of the bat limb. by Hockman, D, Cretekos, C, Mason, M, Behringer, R, Jacobs, D, Illing, N

“…We propose that the reinitiation of Shh and Fgf8 expression in bat limbs reactivates the Shh-Fgf feedback loop in the interdigital tissue of stage 16 bat embryos. …”

Leukocyte profiles reflect geographic range limits in a widespread neotropical bat by Becker, DJ, Nachtmann, C, Argibay, HD, Botto, G, Escalera-Zamudio, M, Carrera, JE, Tello, C, Winiarski, E, Greenwood, AD, Méndez-Ojeda, ML, Loza-Rubio, E, Lavergne, A, de Thoisy, B, Czirják, GÁ, Plowright, RK, Altizer, S, Streicker, DG

“…Generalized additive models showed that bat populations closer to the northern and southern limits of the species range had more neutrophils, monocytes, and basophils, but fewer lymphocytes and eosinophils, than bats sampled at the core of their distribution. …”