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  1. Article ; Online: Human disturbance increases coronavirus prevalence in bats.

    Warmuth, Vera M / Metzler, Dirk / Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica

    Science advances

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 13, Page(s) eadd0688

    Abstract: Human land modification is a known driver of animal-to-human transmission of infectious agents (zoonotic spillover). Infection prevalence in the reservoir is a key predictor of spillover, but landscape-level associations between the intensity of land ... ...

    Abstract Human land modification is a known driver of animal-to-human transmission of infectious agents (zoonotic spillover). Infection prevalence in the reservoir is a key predictor of spillover, but landscape-level associations between the intensity of land modification and infection rates in wildlife remain largely untested. Bat-borne coronaviruses have caused three major disease outbreaks in humans: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome, and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We statistically link high-resolution land modification data with bat coronavirus surveillance records and show that coronavirus prevalence significantly increases with the intensity of human impact across all climates and levels of background biodiversity. The most significant contributors to the overall human impact are agriculture, deforestation, and mining. Regions of high predicted bat coronavirus prevalence coincide with global disease hotspots, suggesting that infection prevalence in wildlife may be an important factor underlying links between human land modification and zoonotic disease emergence.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Chiroptera ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Animals, Wild ; Phylogeny
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2810933-8
    ISSN 2375-2548 ; 2375-2548
    ISSN (online) 2375-2548
    ISSN 2375-2548
    DOI 10.1126/sciadv.add0688
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  2. Article: Spatial and taxonomic biases in bat records: Drivers and conservation implications in a megadiverse country.

    Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Amano, Tatsuya / Jones, Kate E

    Ecology and evolution

    2019  Volume 9, Issue 24, Page(s) 14130–14141

    Abstract: Biases in data availability have serious consequences on scientific inferences that can be derived. The potential consequences of these biases could be more detrimental in the less-studied megadiverse regions, often characterized by high biodiversity and ...

    Abstract Biases in data availability have serious consequences on scientific inferences that can be derived. The potential consequences of these biases could be more detrimental in the less-studied megadiverse regions, often characterized by high biodiversity and serious risks of human threats, as conservation and management actions could be misdirected. Here, focusing on 134 bat species in Mexico, we analyze spatial and taxonomic biases and their drivers in occurrence data; and identify priority areas for further data collection which are currently under-sampled or at future environmental risk. We collated a comprehensive database of 26,192 presence-only bat records in Mexico to characterize taxonomic and spatial biases and relate them to species' characteristics (range size and foraging behavior). Next, we examined variables related to accessibility, species richness and security to explain the spatial patterns in occurrence records. Finally, we compared the spatial distributions of existing data and future threats to these species to highlight those regions that are likely to experience an increased level of threats but are currently under-surveyed. We found taxonomic biases, where species with wider geographical ranges and narrow-space foragers (species easily captured with traditional methods), had more occurrence data. There was a significant oversampling toward tropical regions, and the presence and number of records was positively associated with areas of high topographic heterogeneity, road density, urban, and protected areas, and negatively associated with areas which were predicted to have future increases in temperature and precipitation. Sampling efforts for Mexican bats appear to have focused disproportionately on easily captured species, tropical regions, areas of high species richness and security; leading to under-sampling in areas of high future threats. These biases could substantially influence the assessment of current status of, and future anthropogenic impacts on, this diverse species group in a tropical megadiverse country.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-11-26
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2635675-2
    ISSN 2045-7758
    ISSN 2045-7758
    DOI 10.1002/ece3.5848
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  3. Article: Vulnerability of bat–plant pollination interactions due to environmental change

    Zamora‐Gutierrez, Veronica / Rivera‐Villanueva, A. Nayelli / Martínez Balvanera, Santiago / Castro‐Castro, Arturo / Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, Jesús

    Global change biology. 2021 July, v. 27, no. 14

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    Abstract: Plant–pollinator interactions are highly relevant to society as many crops important for humans are animal pollinated. However, changes in climate and land use may put such interacting patterns at risk by disrupting the occurrences between pollinators ... ...

    Abstract Plant–pollinator interactions are highly relevant to society as many crops important for humans are animal pollinated. However, changes in climate and land use may put such interacting patterns at risk by disrupting the occurrences between pollinators and the plants they pollinate. Here, we analyse how the co‐occurrence patterns between bat pollinators and 126 plant species they pollinate may be disrupted given changes in climate and land use, and we forecast relevant changes of the current bat–plant co‐occurrence distribution patterns for the near future. We predict under RCP8.5 21% of the territory will experience a loss of bat species richness, plants with C3 metabolism are predicted to reduce their area of distribution by 6.5%, CAM species are predicted to increase their potential area of distribution up to 1% and phanerophytes are predicted to have a 14% reduction in their distribution. The potential bat–plant interactions are predicted to decrease from an average of 47.1 co‐occurring bat–plant pairs in the present to 34.1 in the pessimistic scenario. The overall changes in suitable environmental conditions for bats and the plant species they pollinate may disrupt the current bat–plant co‐occurrence network and will likely put at risk the pollination services bat species provide.
    Keywords Chiroptera ; climate ; global change ; land use ; metabolism ; phanerophytes ; pollination ; risk ; species richness
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-07
    Size p. 3367-3382.
    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 1281439-8
    ISSN 1365-2486 ; 1354-1013
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  4. Article: Pollination by bats enhances both quality and yield of a major cash crop in Mexico

    Tremlett, Constance J / Moore, Mandy / Chapman, Mark A / Zamora‐Gutierrez, Veronica / Peh, Kelvin S.‐H

    Journal of applied ecology. 2020 Mar., v. 57, no. 3

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    Abstract: Bats pollinate many plants of high socio‐economic value, including the majority of columnar cacti (Cactaceae) in Mexico, which have been used by humans for food and materials for thousands of years. However, the importance of bats as pollinators has been ...

    Abstract Bats pollinate many plants of high socio‐economic value, including the majority of columnar cacti (Cactaceae) in Mexico, which have been used by humans for food and materials for thousands of years. However, the importance of bats as pollinators has been overlooked, with a consequent lack of knowledge of the reliance of crops on bats for harvest yield and quality. We used exclusion experiments to determine the effect of different pollinator taxa on the yield and quality of pitayas (fruit of Stenocereus queretaroensis (F.A.C. Weber) Buxbaum), a major crop in central Mexico. We studied the three most economically important cultivars and wild individuals in the principal region for pitaya production. For each pollinator taxon we recorded fruit set and measured three key parameters of fruit quality: weight, sucrose concentration and seed set. We placed camera traps to determine pollinator identity and the effect of visitation rate on fruit quality. We found the primary pollinators of pitayas to be nectarivorous bats in the genus Leptonycteris. When bats were excluded from flowers and flowers were pollinated by other taxa (i.e. diurnal birds and insects), pitaya yield decreased by 35%, though pollination dependence varied between cultivars. Fruit quality decreased significantly in the absence of bat pollination across all cultivars, with fruits 46% lighter and 13% less sweet when pollinated by other taxa; reducing economic value, as size determines market price. Additionally, seed set (an indicator of effective pollination) was significantly lower in the absence of bat pollinators. Visitation rate had no effect on fruit quality. Synthesis and applications. Our study shows that bats provide a vital ecosystem service by pollinating a crop of major socio‐economic importance, and that consideration of both crop quality and yield are essential to fully understanding the benefits of bat pollination. A reduction of this service would result in a decrease in both the size and quality of the harvest, causing substantial loss of income for rural communities. Bats world‐wide face many threats, and management efforts targeted to the enhancement of wild bat pollinator populations would preserve the sustainability of both bat‐pollinated crops and wild plants.
    Keywords Chiroptera ; Stenocereus queretaroensis ; applied ecology ; cameras ; cash crops ; crop quality ; cultivars ; economic valuation ; ecosystem services ; fruit quality ; fruit set ; fruits ; income ; market prices ; nectar feeding ; pollination ; pollinators ; seed set ; socioeconomics ; sucrose ; Mexico
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    Dates of publication 2020-03
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    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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    ZDB-ID 410405-5
    ISSN 1365-2664 ; 0021-8901
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    ISSN 0021-8901
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  5. Article ; Online: Vulnerability of bat-plant pollination interactions due to environmental change.

    Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Rivera-Villanueva, A Nayelli / Martínez Balvanera, Santiago / Castro-Castro, Arturo / Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Jesús

    Global change biology

    2021  Volume 27, Issue 14, Page(s) 3367–3382

    Abstract: Plant-pollinator interactions are highly relevant to society as many crops important for humans are animal pollinated. However, changes in climate and land use may put such interacting patterns at risk by disrupting the occurrences between pollinators ... ...

    Abstract Plant-pollinator interactions are highly relevant to society as many crops important for humans are animal pollinated. However, changes in climate and land use may put such interacting patterns at risk by disrupting the occurrences between pollinators and the plants they pollinate. Here, we analyse how the co-occurrence patterns between bat pollinators and 126 plant species they pollinate may be disrupted given changes in climate and land use, and we forecast relevant changes of the current bat-plant co-occurrence distribution patterns for the near future. We predict under RCP8.5 21% of the territory will experience a loss of bat species richness, plants with C3 metabolism are predicted to reduce their area of distribution by 6.5%, CAM species are predicted to increase their potential area of distribution up to 1% and phanerophytes are predicted to have a 14% reduction in their distribution. The potential bat-plant interactions are predicted to decrease from an average of 47.1 co-occurring bat-plant pairs in the present to 34.1 in the pessimistic scenario. The overall changes in suitable environmental conditions for bats and the plant species they pollinate may disrupt the current bat-plant co-occurrence network and will likely put at risk the pollination services bat species provide.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Chiroptera ; Climate ; Climate Change ; Crops, Agricultural ; Humans ; Pollination
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-02
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1281439-8
    ISSN 1365-2486 ; 1354-1013
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  6. Article ; Online: Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation.

    Chowdhury, Shawan / Gonzalez, Kristofer / Aytekin, M Çisel Kemahlı / Baek, Seung-Yun / Bełcik, Michał / Bertolino, Sandro / Duijns, Sjoerd / Han, Yuqing / Jantke, Kerstin / Katayose, Ryosuke / Lin, Mu-Ming / Nourani, Elham / Ramos, Danielle Leal / Rouyer, Marie-Morgane / Sidemo-Holm, William / Vozykova, Svetlana / Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Amano, Tatsuya

    Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

    2022  Volume 36, Issue 4, Page(s) e13883

    Abstract: English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English-language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non-ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non-ELPs in ... ...

    Abstract English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English-language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non-ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non-ELPs in conservation science, practice, and policy, especially at the international level. However, the number of conservation articles published in different languages is poorly documented. Using local and international search systems, we searched for scientific articles on biodiversity conservation published from 1980 to 2018 in English and 15 non-English languages. We compared the growth rate in publications across languages. In 12 of the 15 non-English languages, published conservation articles significantly increased every year over the past 39 years, at a rate similar to English-language articles. The other three languages showed contrasting results, depending on the search system. Since the 1990s, conservation science articles in most languages increased exponentially. The variation in the number of non-English-language articles identified among the search systems differed markedly (e.g., for simplified Chinese, 11,148 articles returned with local search system and 803 with Scopus). Google Scholar and local literature search systems returned the most articles for 11 and 4 non-English languages, respectively. However, the proportion of peer-reviewed conservation articles published in non-English languages was highest in Scopus, followed by Web of Science and local search systems, and lowest in Google Scholar. About 20% of the sampled non-English-language articles provided no title or abstract in English; thus, in theory, they were undiscoverable with English keywords. Possible reasons for this include language barriers and the need to disseminate research in countries where English is not widely spoken. Given the known biases in statistical methods and study characteristics between English- and non-English-language studies, non-English-language articles will continue to play an important role in improving the understanding of biodiversity and its conservation.
    MeSH term(s) Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Language ; Publishing/trends
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 58735-7
    ISSN 1523-1739 ; 0888-8892
    ISSN (online) 1523-1739
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  7. Article: Growth of non‐English‐language literature on biodiversity conservation

    Chowdhury, Shawan / Gonzalez, Kristofer / Aytekin, M. Çisel Kemahlı / Baek, Seung‐Yun / Bełcik, Michał / Bertolino, Sandro / Duijns, Sjoerd / Han, Yuqing / Jantke, Kerstin / Katayose, Ryosuke / Lin, Mu‐Ming / Nourani, Elham / Ramos, Danielle Leal / Rouyer, Marie‐Morgane / Sidemo‐Holm, William / Vozykova, Svetlana / Zamora‐Gutierrez, Veronica / Amano, Tatsuya

    Conservation biology. 2022 Aug., v. 36, no. 4

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    Abstract: English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English‐language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non‐ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non‐ELPs in ... ...

    Abstract English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English‐language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non‐ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non‐ELPs in conservation science, practice, and policy, especially at the international level. However, the number of conservation articles published in different languages is poorly documented. Using local and international search systems, we searched for scientific articles on biodiversity conservation published from 1980 to 2018 in English and 15 non‐English languages. We compared the growth rate in publications across languages. In 12 of the 15 non‐English languages, published conservation articles significantly increased every year over the past 39 years, at a rate similar to English‐language articles. The other three languages showed contrasting results, depending on the search system. Since the 1990s, conservation science articles in most languages increased exponentially. The variation in the number of non‐English‐language articles identified among the search systems differed markedly (e.g., for simplified Chinese, 11,148 articles returned with local search system and 803 with Scopus). Google Scholar and local literature search systems returned the most articles for 11 and 4 non‐English languages, respectively. However, the proportion of peer‐reviewed conservation articles published in non‐English languages was highest in Scopus, followed by Web of Science and local search systems, and lowest in Google Scholar. About 20% of the sampled non‐English‐language articles provided no title or abstract in English; thus, in theory, they were undiscoverable with English keywords. Possible reasons for this include language barriers and the need to disseminate research in countries where English is not widely spoken. Given the known biases in statistical methods and study characteristics between English‐ and non‐English‐language studies, non‐English‐language articles will continue to play an important role in improving the understanding of biodiversity and its conservation.
    Keywords biodiversity ; biodiversity conservation ; issues and policy ; wildlife management
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-08
    Publishing place John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 58735-7
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  8. Article ; Online: Thieving rodents as substitute dispersers of megafaunal seeds.

    Jansen, Patrick A / Hirsch, Ben T / Emsens, Willem-Jan / Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Wikelski, Martin / Kays, Roland

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

    2012  Volume 109, Issue 31, Page(s) 12610–12615

    Abstract: The Neotropics have many plant species that seem to be adapted for seed dispersal by megafauna that went extinct in the late Pleistocene. Given the crucial importance of seed dispersal for plant persistence, it remains a mystery how these plants have ... ...

    Abstract The Neotropics have many plant species that seem to be adapted for seed dispersal by megafauna that went extinct in the late Pleistocene. Given the crucial importance of seed dispersal for plant persistence, it remains a mystery how these plants have survived more than 10,000 y without their mutualist dispersers. Here we present support for the hypothesis that secondary seed dispersal by scatter-hoarding rodents has facilitated the persistence of these large-seeded species. We used miniature radio transmitters to track the dispersal of reputedly megafaunal seeds by Central American agoutis, which scatter-hoard seeds in shallow caches in the soil throughout the forest. We found that seeds were initially cached at mostly short distances and then quickly dug up again. However, rather than eating the recovered seeds, agoutis continued to move and recache the seeds, up to 36 times. Agoutis dispersed an estimated 35% of seeds for >100 m. An estimated 14% of the cached seeds survived to the next year, when a new fruit crop became available to the rodents. Serial video-monitoring of cached seeds revealed that the stepwise dispersal was caused by agoutis repeatedly stealing and recaching each other's buried seeds. Although previous studies suggest that rodents are poor dispersers, we demonstrate that communities of rodents can in fact provide highly effective long-distance seed dispersal. Our findings suggest that thieving scatter-hoarding rodents could substitute for extinct megafaunal seed dispersers of tropical large-seeded trees.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Central America ; Ecosystem ; Rodentia/physiology ; Seeds ; Soil ; Trees/physiology
    Chemical Substances Soil
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-07-16
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 209104-5
    ISSN 1091-6490 ; 0027-8424
    ISSN (online) 1091-6490
    ISSN 0027-8424
    DOI 10.1073/pnas.1205184109
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  9. Article ; Online: Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity.

    Amano, Tatsuya / Berdejo-Espinola, Violeta / Christie, Alec P / Willott, Kate / Akasaka, Munemitsu / Báldi, András / Berthinussen, Anna / Bertolino, Sandro / Bladon, Andrew J / Chen, Min / Choi, Chang-Yong / Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda / de Oliveira, Luis G / Farhat, Perla / Golivets, Marina / Hidalgo Aranzamendi, Nataly / Jantke, Kerstin / Kajzer-Bonk, Joanna / Kemahlı Aytekin, M Çisel /
    Khorozyan, Igor / Kito, Kensuke / Konno, Ko / Lin, Da-Li / Littlewood, Nick / Liu, Yang / Liu, Yifan / Loretto, Matthias-Claudio / Marconi, Valentina / Martin, Philip A / Morgan, William H / Narváez-Gómez, Juan P / Negret, Pablo Jose / Nourani, Elham / Ochoa Quintero, Jose M / Ockendon, Nancy / Oh, Rachel Rui Ying / Petrovan, Silviu O / Piovezan-Borges, Ana C / Pollet, Ingrid L / Ramos, Danielle L / Reboredo Segovia, Ana L / Rivera-Villanueva, A Nayelli / Rocha, Ricardo / Rouyer, Marie-Morgane / Sainsbury, Katherine A / Schuster, Richard / Schwab, Dominik / Şekercioğlu, Çağan H / Seo, Hae-Min / Shackelford, Gorm / Shinoda, Yushin / Smith, Rebecca K / Tao, Shan-Dar / Tsai, Ming-Shan / Tyler, Elizabeth H M / Vajna, Flóra / Valdebenito, José Osvaldo / Vozykova, Svetlana / Waryszak, Paweł / Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Zenni, Rafael D / Zhou, Wenjun / Sutherland, William J

    PLoS biology

    2021  Volume 19, Issue 10, Page(s) e3001296

    Abstract: The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable ... ...

    Abstract The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines. However, non-English-language science is expected to bring unique and valuable scientific information, especially in disciplines where the evidence is patchy, and for emergent issues where synthesising available evidence is an urgent challenge. Yet such contribution of non-English-language science to scientific communities and the application of science is rarely quantified. Here, we show that non-English-language studies provide crucial evidence for informing global biodiversity conservation. By screening 419,679 peer-reviewed papers in 16 languages, we identified 1,234 non-English-language studies providing evidence on the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation interventions, compared to 4,412 English-language studies identified with the same criteria. Relevant non-English-language studies are being published at an increasing rate in 6 out of the 12 languages where there were a sufficient number of relevant studies. Incorporating non-English-language studies can expand the geographical coverage (i.e., the number of 2° × 2° grid cells with relevant studies) of English-language evidence by 12% to 25%, especially in biodiverse regions, and taxonomic coverage (i.e., the number of species covered by the relevant studies) by 5% to 32%, although they do tend to be based on less robust study designs. Our results show that synthesising non-English-language studies is key to overcoming the widespread lack of local, context-dependent evidence and facilitating evidence-based conservation globally. We urge wider disciplines to rigorously reassess the untapped potential of non-English-language science in informing decisions to address other global challenges. Please see the Supporting information files for Alternative Language Abstracts.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Geography ; Language ; Publications ; Science
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-10-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2126776-5
    ISSN 1545-7885 ; 1544-9173
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  10. Article: The Sonozotz project: Assembling an echolocation call library for bats in a megadiverse country.

    Zamora-Gutierrez, Veronica / Ortega, Jorge / Avila-Flores, Rafael / Aguilar-Rodríguez, Pedro Adrián / Alarcón-Montano, Martín / Avila-Torresagatón, Luis Gerardo / Ayala-Berdón, Jorge / Bolívar-Cimé, Beatriz / Briones-Salas, Miguel / Chan-Noh, Martha / Chávez-Cauich, Manuel / Chávez, Cuauhtémoc / Cortés-Calva, Patricia / Cruzado, Juan / Cuevas, Jesús Carlo / Del Real-Monroy, Melina / Elizalde-Arellano, Cynthia / García-Luis, Margarita / García-Morales, Rodrigo /
    Guerrero, José Antonio / Guevara-Carrizales, Aldo A / Gutiérrez, Edgar G / Hernández-Mijangos, Luis Arturo / Ibarra-López, Martha Pilar / Iñiguez-Dávalos, Luis Ignacio / León-Madrazo, Rafael / López-González, Celia / López-Téllez, M Concepción / López-Vidal, Juan Carlos / Martínez-Balvanera, Santiago / Montiel-Reyes, Fernando / Murrieta-Galindo, Rene / Orozco-Lugo, Carmen Lorena / Pech-Canché, Juan M / Pérez-Pérez, Lucio / Ramírez-Martínez, María Magdalena / Rizo-Aguilar, Areli / Robredo-Esquivelzeta, Everardo / Rodas-Martínez, Alba Z / Rojo-Cruz, Marcial Alejandro / Selem-Salas, Celia Isela / Uribe-Bencomo, Elena / Vargas-Contreras, Jorge A / MacSwiney G, M Cristina

    Ecology and evolution

    2020  Volume 10, Issue 11, Page(s) 4928–4943

    Abstract: Bat acoustic libraries are important tools that assemble echolocation calls to allow the comparison and discrimination to confirm species identifications. The Sonozotz project represents the first nation-wide library of bat echolocation calls for a ... ...

    Abstract Bat acoustic libraries are important tools that assemble echolocation calls to allow the comparison and discrimination to confirm species identifications. The Sonozotz project represents the first nation-wide library of bat echolocation calls for a megadiverse country. It was assembled following a standardized recording protocol that aimed to cover different recording habitats, recording techniques, and call variation inherent to individuals. The Sonozotz project included 69 species of echolocating bats, a high species richness that represents 50% of bat species found in the country. We include recommendations on how the database can be used and how the sampling methods can be potentially replicated in countries with similar environmental and geographic conditions. To our knowledge, this represents the most exhaustive effort to date to document and compile the diversity of bat echolocation calls for a megadiverse country. This database will be useful to address a range of ecological questions including the effects of anthropogenic activities on bat communities through the analysis of bat sound.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-18
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2635675-2
    ISSN 2045-7758
    ISSN 2045-7758
    DOI 10.1002/ece3.6245
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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