Predicting migration routes for three species of migratory bats using species distribution models by Jamin G. Wieringa, Bryan C. Carstens, H Lisle Gibbs

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Marburg and Ebola Virus Infections Elicit a Complex, Muted Inflammatory State in Bats by Anitha D. Jayaprakash, Adam J. Ronk, Abhishek N. Prasad, Michael F. Covington, Kathryn R. Stein, Toni M. Schwarz, Saboor Hekmaty, Karla A. Fenton, Thomas W. Geisbert, Christopher F. Basler, Alexander Bukreyev, Ravi Sachidanandam

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Development of the hyolaryngeal architecture in horseshoe bats: insights into the evolution of the pulse generation for laryngeal echolocation by Taro Nojiri, Masaki Takechi, Toshiko Furutera, Nicolas L. M. Brualla, Sachiko Iseki, Dai Fukui, Vuong Tan Tu, Fumiya Meguro, Daisuke Koyabu

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Bats as ecosystem engineers in iron ore caves in the Carajás National Forest, Brazilian Amazonia. by Luis B Piló, Allan Calux, Rafael Scherer, Enrico Bernard

“…We detail the role of bats as ecosystem engineers in iron ore caves in the Carajás National Forest, Brazilian Amazonia, an area with > 1,500 caves, some holding ~150,000 bats. …”
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Distributed generation placement in radial distribution networks using a bat-inspired algorithm by John Edwin Candelo-Becerra, Helman Enrique Hernández-Riaño

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Distribution and Morphology of Serotonergic and Catecholaminergic Neurons in Area Postrema of Microchiropteran Bat (Myotis sp.) by Pangestiningsih, Tri Wahyu, Ariana, Ariana, Wijayanto, Hery, Wendo, Woro Danur

“…As a megabiodiversity country, Indonesia is rich of fauna, one of them is Myotis sp, a member of microchiropteran bat. Bat is sleep in very special way, hanging upside down without vomiting. …”
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Molecular identification and genetic diversity of Bartonella spp. in 24 bat species from Thailand by Poofery, Juthathip, Narapakdeesakul, Duriyang, Riana, Elizabeth, Arnuphapprasert, Apinya, Nugraheni, Yudhi Ratna, Ngamprasertwong, Thongchai, Wangthongchaicharoen, Monsicha, Soisook, Pipat, Bhodhibundit, Phanaschakorn, Kaewthamasorn, Morakot

“…Bartonella infection was investigated in a total of 459 bats that belong to 24 different bat species (21 species of which had never been previously studied in Thailand). …”
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Testing for complex drivers of resource utilisation: a case-study of roost dynamics in bats by Culina, A, Linton, D, Macdonald, D

“…In this study we test for multiple drivers of summer roosting site occupancy by bats, using a rigorous statistical framework that combines multi-state occupancy models with two-class heterogeneity models. …”

Roost composition and sexual segregation in a Lowland population of Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii) by Linton, D, Macdonald, D

“…Using data from 1100 day roosts containing a minimum of 9424 Myotis daubentonii bats, we compare the distribution of adult males, adult females, and juveniles, within SchweglerTM box roosts distributed across 394 ha of woodland adjacent to a river corridor in lowland England. …”

Assessment of a rabies virus rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Australian bat lyssavirus by Certoma, A, Lunt, R, Vosloo, W, Smith, I, Colling, A, Williams, D, Tran, T, Blacksell, S

“…The virus is maintained in enzootic circulation within fruit bats (Pteropid spp.) and at least one insectivorous bat variety (Saccolaimus flaviventris). …”

Spring weather conditions influence breeding phenology and reproductive success in sympatric bat populations by Linton, D, Macdonald, D

“…Climate is known to influence breeding phenology and reproductive success in temperate‐zone bats, but long‐term population level studies and interspecific comparisons are rare.…”

Wooded streets, but not streetlight dimming, favour bat activity in a temperate urban setting by Stanley, CJ, Bagniewska, J, Grabowska-Zhang, A, Hesselberg, T

“…In temperate regions, several bat species inhabit urban areas, and with urbanization set to increase, adapting urban areas to improve their suitability for bats is imperative. …”

Echolocation call description of 15 species of Middle-Eastern desert dwelling insectivorous bats by Hackett, T, Holderied, M, Korine, C

“…Modern advances in acoustic technology have made possible new and broad ranges of research in bioacoustics, particularly with regard to echolocating bats. In the present study, we present an acoustic guide to the calls of 15 species of bats in the Arava rift valley, Israel, with a focus on their bioacoustics, habitat use and explaining differences between similar species. …”

Altered structure of bat–prey interaction networks in logged tropical forests revealed by metabarcoding by Hemprich-Bennett, DR, Kemp, VA, Blackman, J, Struebig, MJ, Lewis, OT, Rossiter, SJ, Clare, EL

“…Individual bats in logged rainforest consumed a lower richness of prey than those in old-growth forest. …”

Genetic diversity of the cave roosting dusky fruit bat, Penthetor lucasi from Sarawak by Yuvarajan Manivannan, Mohd Ridwan Abd Rahman, Roberta Chaya Tawie Tingga, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan

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Haematology profile of fruit bats Cynopterus spp. from special region Yogyakarta, Indonesia by Mubarok, Husni, Niken Satuti Nur Handayani, Tuty Arisuryanti, Maryanto, Ibnu

“…Cynopterus spp. is a fruit bats genus that is widely distributed in Asia and plays an important role as pollinator and seed disperser of plants in different habitats. …”
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The Malaysian bat conservation research unit from a national model to an international network by Kingston, T, Juliana, S., Nurul-Ain, E., Hashim, R., Zubaid, A.

“…Here we summarize the main activities of this integrated program, and trace the scale-up of the MBCRU model to the regional level with the launch in 2007 of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU).…”
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Pollination implications of the diverse diet of tropical nectar-feeding bats roosting in an urban cave by Lim, Voon Ching, Ramli, Rosli, Bhassu, Subha, Wilson, John-James

“…The main objective of this study was to examine the diet of the nectarivorous bat, E. spelaea, roosting in an urban cave at Batu Caves, Peninsular Malaysia by identifying the plant material present in the faeces of bats using DNA metabarcoding. …”

The Malaysian bat conservation research unit: from a national model to an international network by Hashim, Rosli, Zubaid, A., Kingston, T., Juliana, S., Nurul-Ain, E.

“…Here we summarize the main activities of this integrated program, and trace the scale-up of the MBCRU model to the regional level with the launch in 2007 of the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU).…”

Sensory constraints on prey detection performance in an ensemble of vespertilionid understorey rain forest bats by Hashim, Rosli, Siemers, B.M., Schmieder, D.A., Kingston, T.

“…1. Bats evolved different strategies to find prey close to vegetation. …”