supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32270436).
Bats,members of the Chiroptera order,rank as the second most diverse group among mammals.Recent molecular systematic studies on bats have successfully classified 21 families within two suborders:Yinpterochiroptera and...
support of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission;the University of North Carolina Greensboro;Southeastern Bat Diversity Network
Background The timing of behavior and habitat use of nocturnal animals can be influenced by the lunar cycle in nature.The prevalence of artificial light at night(ALAN)has been recognized as a source of environmental p...
Male dominance hierarchies have been studied in many animals but rarely in bats(Chiroptera).The dominance rank of social animals may dictate access to resources and mates;therefore,it has important implications for an...
Studies on functional performance are important to understand the processes responsible for the evolution of diversity.Morphological trait variation within species influences the energetic cost of locomotion and impac...
The world is in turmoil with the emergence of various diseases in which bats play a key part. Indeed, bats are known to host bacteria that can create major public health problems. The investigation into bat bacteria w...
Two major human-caused threats to ecosystems are habitat modification and the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.To study the combined effect of these threats,the authors used acoustic monito...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970394,32192421,31300314);Special Foundation for National Science and Technology Basic Research Program of China(2021FY100303)。
Unraveling the diversification mechanisms of organisms is a fundamental and important macroevolutionary question regarding the diversity,ecological niche, and morphological divergence of life. However, many studies ha...
Ministry of Education,Science and Technological Development of Republic of Serbia,contract no.451-03-9/2021-14/200007.B.P.was supported by a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst(DAAD)grant which covered living expenses while doing a part of experimental work in Greifswald,Germany。
Schreiber’s bent-winged bat Miniopterus schreibersii and the greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum are widespread and common cavernicolous species across southern Europe that host numerous specialized ectop...
This research received support from the SYNTHESYS 3 Project http://synthesys3.myspecies.info/which is financed by the European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7(BE-TAF-6601,HU-TAF-6926,DK-TAF-6870,FR-TAF-6924,AT-TAF-6820,awarded to the first author).
Morphological,functional,and behavioral adaptations of bats are among the most diverse within mammals.A strong association between bat skull morphology and feeding behavior has been suggested previously.However,morpho...
support (doctoral scholarships) during the development ofthis review.
Bats play crucial ecosystem services as seed dispersers,pollinators,controllers of insects,and nutrient recyclers.However,there has not been a thorough global review evaluating these roles in bats across all biogeogra...