| population genetic structure and demographic history of the endemic formosan lesser horseshoe bat (rhinolophus monoceros). | intraspecific phylogenies can provide useful insights into how populations have been shaped by historical and contemporary processes. taiwan formed around 5 million years ago from tectonic uplift, and has been connected to mainland asia several times since its emergence. a central mountain range runs north to south, bisecting the island, and potentially impedes gene flow along an east-west axis. the formosan lesser horseshoe bat (rhinolophus monoceros) is endemic to taiwan, where it is found mai ... | 2006 | 16629817 |
| determinants of echolocation call frequency variation in the formosan lesser horseshoe bat (rhinolophus monoceros). | the origin and maintenance of intraspecific variation in vocal signals is important for population divergence and speciation. where vocalizations are transmitted by vertical cultural inheritance, similarity will reflect co-ancestry, and thus vocal divergence should reflect genetic structure. horseshoe bats are characterized by echolocation calls dominated by a constant frequency component that is partly determined by maternal imprinting. although previous studies showed that constant frequency c ... | 2009 | 19692399 |
| detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus and alphacoronavirus in the bat population of taiwan. | bats have been demonstrated to be natural reservoirs of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (sars cov) and middle east respiratory syndrome (mers) cov. faecal samples from 248 individuals of 20 bat species were tested for partial rna-dependent rna polymerase gene of cov and 57 faecal samples from eight bat species were tested positive. the highest detection rate of 44% for scotophilus kuhlii, followed by 30% for rhinolophus monoceros. significantly higher detection rates of coronaviral ... | 2016 | 27178103 |