Do Bats Roost and Forage in Shade Coffee Plantations? A Perspective from the Frugivorous Bat <i>Sturnira hondurensis</i>

Cortés‐Delgado, Natalia; Sosa, Vinicio J.

doi:10.1111/btp.12142

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“…). Such a landscape scale is consistent with other studies (e.g., Meyer and Kalko ) and known distances between roost and foraging areas (600–800 m, Sturnira hondurensis , Cortés‐Delgado and Sosa ; 800 m, Carollia perspicillata , Heithaus and Fleming ), home range sizes (9.0 ha, Artibeus watsoni ; 3.8 ha, Micronycteris microtis , Albrecht et al. ), and feeding areas (1.5–51 ha, Glossophaga soricina , Lemke ) of many of the species we encounter.…”

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Anthropogenic impacts on Costa Rican bat parasitism are sex specific

Frank

Mendenhall

Judson

et al. 2016

Ecology and Evolution

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While anthropogenic impacts on parasitism of wildlife are receiving growing attention, whether these impacts vary in a sex‐specific manner remains little explored. Differences between the sexes in the effect of parasites, linked to anthropogenic activity, could lead to uneven sex ratios and higher population endangerment. We sampled 1108 individual bats in 18 different sites across an agricultural mosaic landscape in southern Costa Rica to investigate the relationships between anthropogenic impacts (deforestation and reductions in host species richness) and bat fly ectoparasitism of 35 species of Neotropical bats. Although female and male bat assemblages were similar across the deforestation gradient, bat fly assemblages tracked their hosts closely only on female bats. We found that in female hosts, parasite abundance per bat decreased with increasing bat species richness, while in male hosts, parasite abundance increased. We hypothesize the differences in the parasite–disturbance relationship are due to differences in roosting behavior between the sexes. We report a sex‐specific parasite–disturbance relationship and argue that sex differences in anthropogenic impacts on wildlife parasitism could impact long‐term population health and survival.

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Anthropogenic impacts on Costa Rican bat parasitism are sex specific

Frank

Mendenhall

Judson

et al. 2016

Ecology and Evolution

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“…() 25 Choe and Timm (); 26 Cordero‐Schmidt et al. (); 27 Cortés‐Delgado and Sosa (); 28 Davis (); 30 Davis et al. (); 31 Díaz and Linares García (); 32 Enders (); 33 Esbérard and Vrcibradic (); 34 Esbérard et al.…”

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Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

Garbino

Tavares

2018

Mammal Review

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1.Roosting ecology has probably shaped several aspects of bat evolution. Although Phyllostomidae species are known to use more types of roosts than any other chiropteran lineage, foliage roosting is almost entirely restricted to the frugivorous members of the subfamily Stenodermatinae. There are relatively few studies on the roosting ecology of stenodermatines other than leaf tent users, and there have been few attempts to reconstruct the evolution of the peculiar foliage-roosting habits of these fruit bats. 2. Our aim was to reconstruct the evolution of foliage roosting in the Phyllostomidae phylogeny, and to test correlation hypotheses between roost types, pelage markings, and body size. 3. We performed ancestral character reconstructions using stochastic mappings on a molecular phylogeny of Phyllostomidae and reviewed literature records on roosts used by Stenodermatinae. Correlations between roosting habits and pelage patterns were calculated using phylogenetic logistic regressions. 4. Over 1200 records of roost use for 48 Stenodermatinae bat species were found in the literature. Most of the observations consisted of foliage roosting records; the second most common type of roost were caves and crevices, which was followed by holes in standing trees. 5. Our results support a single origin of foliage roosting in Phyllostomidae, which we interpreted as a synapomorphy uniting Rhinophyllinae with the Stenodermatinae. We estimated a minimum of two origins of tent roosting within Phyllostomidae, and our reconstruction suggests that it was basal in the Rhinophyllinae + Stenodermatinae clade. 6. Pelage markings of stenodermatines explained the type of roost, indicating that having white stripes or white spots contrasting with background pelage is related to foliage roosting. Species that use leaf tents are smaller than ones that do not, but group size does not appear to be correlated with tent use. 7. Further studies of foliage-roosting bat species that do not use leaf tents may shed light on the mode of evolution of this complex behavioural character.

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“…Little is known about the roosting habits of bats of the genus Sturnira. Recent research shows that they typically roost in tree cavities situated several meters above ground (Fenton et al 2000;Evelyn & Stiles 2003;OrtizRamírez et al 2006;Loayza & Loiselle 2008;Cortés-Delgado & Sosa 2014).…”

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A new polytypic species of yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), from the Andean and coastal mountain systems of Venezuela and Colombia

Molinari¹,

Bustos²,

Burneo³

et al. 2017

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Sturnira is the most speciose genus of New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). We name Sturnira adrianae, new species. This taxon is born polytypic, divided into a larger subspecies (S. a. adrianae) widespread in the mountains of northern and western Venezuela, and northern Colombia, and a smaller subspecies (S. a. caripana) endemic to the mountains of northeastern Venezuela. The new species inhabits evergreen, deciduous, and cloud forests at mainly medium (1000–2000 m) elevations. It has long been confused with S. ludovici, but it is more closely related to S. oporaphilum. It can be distinguished from other species of Sturnira by genetic data, and based on discrete and continuously varying characters. Within the genus, the new species belongs to a clade that also includes S. oporaphilum, S. ludovici, S. hondurensis, and S. burtonlimi. The larger new subspecies is the largest member of this clade. The two new subspecies are the most sexually dimorphic members of this clade. The smaller new subspecies is restricted to small mountain systems undergoing severe deforestation processes, therefore can be assigned to the Vulnerable (VU) conservation category of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Do Bats Roost and Forage in Shade Coffee Plantations? A Perspective from the Frugivorous Bat Sturnira hondurensis

Cited by 27 publications

References 30 publications

Anthropogenic impacts on Costa Rican bat parasitism are sex specific

Anthropogenic impacts on Costa Rican bat parasitism are sex specific

Roosting ecology of Stenodermatinae bats (Phyllostomidae): evolution of foliage roosting and correlated phenotypes

A new polytypic species of yellow-shouldered bats, genus Sturnira (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), from the Andean and coastal mountain systems of Venezuela and Colombia

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