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

Modelling dimethylsulphide production at the Bermuda Atlantic time series (BATS) by Cropp, R, Norbury, J, Gabric, A, Braddock, R

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

The ecology and ecosystem services of insectivorous bats in rice dominated landscapes by Bhalla, IS

“…The studies detailed within describe bat behaviour in the context of the rice ecosystem from three angles. …”

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. …”

Sleep and torpor in rodents and bats: from brain activity to social interactions by Harding, C

“…</p> <p>First, we detail the process of validating a new miniaturised recording device for sleep electrophysiology in freely behaving Egyptian fruits bats (<i>Rousettus aegyptiacus</i>). Next, we present a method of studying ON/OFF period cycles by detecting low amplitude neural activity segments in laboratory mice (<i>Mus musculus</i>) and report the discovery of vigilance-state-dependent duration and a duration-dependent homeostatic response in OFF periods to demonstrate its utility. …”

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. …”

Co-evolution of bats and viruses and how it has shaped host biology by Skirmuntt, EC

“…<p>Although the general link between bats and viral diseases is clear, tracing outbreaks to their bat origins can be difficult. …”