Chiropteran diversity and the key determinants of their distribution in Eastern Ghats, India

Debata, Subrat; Panda, Rutuparna; Palita, Sharat Kumar

doi:10.1007/s10531-019-01715-w

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“…Debata et al ( 2019 ) observed that the elevation and habitat act as chief determinants of chiropteran distribution, similar to our observations. The high altitudes as generally less disturbed and have rocks, crevices, and caves to provide enough space to roost and rear young ones.…”

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“…The studies on the structure of high altitude climax vegetation of WG (Jose et al 1994;Bunyan et al 2012) clearly showed that the height of the trees rarely exceed 12 m (stunted) and have dense canopy cover. Debata et al (2019) observed that the elevation and habitat act as chief determinants of chiropteran distribution, similar to our observations. The high altitudes as generally less disturbed and have rocks, crevices, and caves to provide enough space to roost and rear young ones.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…MaxEnt software Version 3.3.3k (Phillips et al 2006 ) works on the maximum-entropy is used to develop the habitat suitability model of L. salimalii . This model also has proven its efficiency in monitoring bats in high elevation ranges (Debata et al 2019 ). The software uses environment variables and geo-referenced localities to predict log transformations or raw exponential outputs.…”

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Habitat suitability model of endangered Latidens salimalii and the probable consequences of global warming

Raman

Shameer²,

Charles

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Trop Ecol

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Salim Ali's fruit bat, Latidens salimalii, is a monotypic endangered fruit bat endemic to Western Ghats (WG) with an ambiguous distribution. The distribution range, habitat suitability, and biology of this species are still uncertain. Endemic species inhabiting the high elevation of WG like L. salimalii are threatened due to climatic change and seeks urgent management interventions. Hence, we developed a habitat suitability model for L. salimalii using MaxEnt in the current climate condition and projected their distribution for three Representation Concentration Pathway (RCP 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5) climate scenarios of the 2070 time frame. The results show that 9531 km 2 of habitat in WG is suitable for L. salimalii at present, while all the future scenarios estimates propose complete loss of highly suitable habitat. The significant factors influencing the distribution of L. salimalii are the precipitation of the driest month, tree density, rain in the coldest quarter, canopy height, and altitude. The study pioneers in predicting the suitable habitat and emphasis the need to develop strategies for the long-term conservation of endangered L. salimalii in WG under global warming scenarios.

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Habitat suitability model of endangered Latidens salimalii and the probable consequences of global warming

Raman

Shameer²,

Charles

et al. 2020

Trop Ecol

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“…Tropical bats are known to migrate to find better food resources or in response to seasonal changes in resource abundance (Fleming, 2019). Changes in resource availability are often linked to water availability, which ultimately affects species distributions (Debata et al., 2019; Sherwin et al., 2012). It is therefore plausible that the warmer, drier conditions during these periods resulted in a shift in the roost composition, favouring an increase in the relative abundance of frugivorous versus insectivorous bat species.…”

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A 4,300‐year History of Dietary Changes in a Bat Roost Determined From a Tropical Guano Deposit

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• Bat foraging habits can be studied by analyzing their guano for sterols, stanols, and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. • The diets of frugivorous, nectarivorous, and sanguinivorous bats were well-characterized by the sterol and stanol ratios in their guano. • We examined the composition of a 4,300-year-old bat guano deposit and identified two periods of increased fruit-based foraging.

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“…This study revealed the distinctiveness of sonic characteristics and the status of bird diversity in each soundscape. Debata et al (2019) recorded 23 bat species, including two newly recorded species (Hipposideros galeritus and Megaderma spasma) from ranges of the Eastern Ghats using roost and mist-net survey techniques. They reported one of the highest bat capture rates from the moist deciduous forest, and the suitability of the northeastern part for bat distribution.…”

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Recent advances in biodiversity and climate change studies in India

Behera

Sharma

2019

Biodivers Conserv

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Biodiversity is continually transformed by a changing climate. Conditions change across the face of the planet at variable pace leading to rearrangements of biological associations. The carbon cycle and the water cycle, arguably the two most important large-scale processes for life on Earth; depend on biodiversity at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels and can yield feedbacks to climate change. India is no less affected through this feedback mechanism of climate change and had shown its cause and effect association in several studies. In this special issue we present 25 papers contributed by ca 90 authors from India and elsewhere those discuss wide-ranging aspects of biodiversity and climate change. These contributions are based on presentations made at the 2nd International Workshop on Biodiversity and Climate Change (BDCC-2018) held on 24-27-February 2018 at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. The papers are arranged in six sections: Plant (and lichen) Diversity and Climate; Plant Diversity Pattern and Environmental Heterogeneity; Forest Biomass and Carbon; Plant Diversity and Remote Sensing; Species Distribution Modelling; and Animal Diversity, Soil and Biotechnology. Included amongst the contributions are ones using a national database on plant diversity, describing vegetation carbon and biomass sequestration patterns, utilizing remote sensing to assess plant diversity proxies and conservation prioritization, employing species distribution models to analyze climate change scenarios, using acoustics indices for rapid assessment of biodiversity, addressing the soil micro-biome and environmental stress on medicinal plants.

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Chiropteran diversity and the key determinants of their distribution in Eastern Ghats, India

Cited by 15 publications

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Habitat suitability model of endangered Latidens salimalii and the probable consequences of global warming

Habitat suitability model of endangered Latidens salimalii and the probable consequences of global warming

A 4,300‐year History of Dietary Changes in a Bat Roost Determined From a Tropical Guano Deposit

Recent advances in biodiversity and climate change studies in India

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