Reproductive ecology of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats Chaerephon plicatus (Buchannan, 1800) in relation to guano production in Cambodia
| Autor: | Van Touch, Saveng Ith, Neil M. Furey, Julien Cappelle, Paul A. Racey |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Fauna and Flora International [Cambridge, UK], Harrison Institute, University of Exeter, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney, Unité Mixte de Recherche d'Épidémiologie des maladies Animales et zoonotiques (UMR EPIA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS), Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes (UMR ASTRE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Furey, Neil |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Wet season guano harvesting Population Wildlife cave bats reproduction body condition seasonal tropics Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Biologie animale Dry season education lcsh:QH301-705.5 Nature and Landscape Conservation Animal biology education.field_of_study Ecology Phenology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Ecological Modeling Population size [SDV.BA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology 15. Life on land Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Habitat destruction lcsh:Biology (General) Guano L20 - Écologie animale F04 - Fertilisation |
| Zdroj: | Diversity Diversity, MDPI, 2018, 10 (3), 12 p. ⟨10.3390/d10030091⟩ Volume 10 Issue 3 Diversity 3 (10), 12 p.. (2018) Diversity, Vol 10, Iss 3, p 91 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1424-2818 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/d10030091⟩ |
| Popis: | Wildlife populations in Southeast Asia are subject to increasing pressure from climate change, habitat loss and human disturbance. Cave-roosting bats are particularly vulnerable to all three factors. Because of the ecological services they provide, it is important to assess specific vulnerabilities to inform their conservation management. We evaluated the reproductive phenology and body condition of Chaerephon plicatus for 14 months in 2015&ndash 2016 and quantified guano harvesting at the largest colony in Cambodia in 2011&ndash 2016. As in Thailand and Myanmar, two annual breeding cycles were recorded, characterized as continuous bimodal polyoestry, with parturition primarily occurring in April and October. Significant declines occurred in body condition between the late wet season and the late dry season, suggesting that bats experience increasing energetic stress as the dry season progresses. Annual guano harvests increased over the study period but could not be used as a proxy for monitoring population size due to the loss of unknown amounts during the wet season and unquantified movements of bats between C. plicatus colonies in the region. We recommend studies to determine the scale and drivers of such movements and creation of sustainable guano harvesting and population monitoring initiatives to ensure the conservation of C. plicatus colonies in Cambodia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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