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Movement ecology of the carnivorous woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) in southern Mexico

Vleut, Ivar ; Carter, Gerald G ; Medellín, Rodrigo A Vincenot, Christian

PloS one, 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0220504-e0220504 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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Movement ecology of the carnivorous woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) in southern Mexico
Autor: Vleut, Ivar ; Carter, Gerald G ; Medellín, Rodrigo A
Vincenot, Christian
Assuntos: Agricultural land ; Animal behavior ; Animal Migration ; Animals ; Bats ; Biological indicators ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Carnivory ; Chiroptera ; Chiroptera - physiology ; Chrotopterus auritus ; Conservation ; Deciduous forests ; Deforestation ; Desmodus rotundus ; Ecology ; Ecology and Environmental Sciences ; Ecosystem ; Endangered species ; Environmental aspects ; Foraging behavior ; Forest conservation ; Forest management ; Forests ; Fragmentation ; Habitats ; Home range ; Indicator species ; Landscape ; Landscape preservation ; Males ; Management ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Mexico ; Movement ecology ; Population Dynamics ; Predatory Behavior ; Small mammals ; Social Sciences ; Tagging ; Threatened species ; Wildlife conservation ; Woolly false vampire bat
É parte de: PloS one, 2019-07, Vol.14 (7), p.e0220504-e0220504
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Descrição: Deforestation is a critical threat to bats. The woolly false vampire bat Chrotopterus auritus is a carnivorous bat that is both an indicator species for well-conserved forests and a threatened species in Mexico and other countries due to deforestation. We currently lack the information needed to assess the effects of forest fragmentation and destruction on their populations and to develop plans for their conservation. We used GPS loggers to study the movement patterns of C. auritus in southern Mexico. We observed 72 foraging nights by GPS-tagging 10 individuals from two colonies on 32 occasions in a highly disturbed heterogeneous landscape with extensive deforestation (Hormiguero), and in a more homogeneous, well-preserved forested landscape (Monterrey). Tracked false vampire bats averaged a home range of 108.24 ha, a core foraging area of 3.78 ha and average maximum flight distances of 2.06 km. The bats ranged farther and flew significantly longer distances in Hormiguero than in Monterrey, with males flying longer and more variable distances. They used the well-preserved semi-deciduous forest more often than secondary forest and agricultural fields for traveling and foraging, but the bats occasionally moved and hunted along the borders of secondary forest and agricultural fields adjacent to semi-deciduous conserved forest areas. Although this carnivorous bat might cope with some fragmentation, we suggest that large well-preserved forested areas are highly important for its conservation.
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Movement ecology of the carnivorous woolly false vampire bat (Chrotopterus auritus) in southern Mexico

Vleut, Ivar ; Carter, Gerald G ; Medellín, Rodrigo A Vincenot, Christian

United States: Public Library of Science

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