| ticks (acari: argasidae, ixodidae) parasitizing bats in the central balkans. | ticks parasitizing bats have been largely understudied, especially in the central part of the balkan peninsula, where the last data from the field research date from almost 25 years ago. bats are hosts to a large number of ectoparasites, including ticks, which can act as vectors of zoonotic agents. for this reason, it is important to identify the distribution of ticks and their relationship to different hosts, including wild animals, bats in particular. the present research was conducted at 16 l ... | 2015 | 25717009 |
| what story does geographic separation of insular bats tell? a case study on sardinian rhinolophids. | competition may lead to changes in a species' environmental niche in areas of sympatry and shifts in the niche of weaker competitors to occupy areas where stronger ones are rarer. although mainland mediterranean (rhinolophus euryale) and mehely's (r. mehelyi) horseshoe bats mitigate competition by habitat partitioning, this may not be true on resource-limited systems such as islands. we hypothesize that sardinian r. euryale (sar) have a distinct ecological niche suited to persist in the south of ... | 2014 | 25340737 |
| diverse archaeal community of a bat guano pile in domica cave (slovak karst, slovakia). | the molecular diversity of archaea in a bat guano pile in cave domica (slovakia), temperate cave ecosystem with significant bat colony (about 1600 individuals), was examined. the guano pile was created mainly by an activity of the mediterranean horseshoe bat (rhinolophus euryale) and provides a source of organic carbon and other nutrients in the oligotrophic subsurface ecosystem. the upper and the basal parts of guano surface were sampled where the latter one had higher ph and higher admixture o ... | 2009 | 19937217 |
| seasonal and geographical distribution of cave-dwelling bats in romania: implications for conservation. | caves offer bats refuges for hibernation, breeding and other social events. their quality is important for species distribution. the role of cave microclimate as well as other environmental factors influencing the distribution of cave-dwelling species, is poorly known. we tested the significance of cave variables (length, temperature, elevation, occurrence of water) and geographical location for the presence of bats during hibernation and the breeding season in five regions in romania. to detect ... | 2011 | 32313439 |
| gaining ecological insight on dietary allocation among horseshoe bats through molecular primer combination. | knowledge on the trophic interactions among predators and their prey is important in order to understand ecology and behaviour of animals. traditionally studies on the diet composition of insectivorous bats have been based on the morphological identification of prey remains, but the accuracy of the results has been hampered due to methodological limitations. lately, the dna metabarcoding and high throughput sequencing (hts) techniques have changed the scene since they allows prey identification ... | 2019 | 31339936 |
| trait-based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats. | the degree of trophic specialization determines the ability of predators to cope with changing foraging conditions, but in predators that prey on hundreds of species it is challenging to assess, especially when prey identity varies among predator individuals and across space and time. here, we test the hypothesis that a bat species foraging on flying insects like moths will show ample flexibility in trophic niche, and this irrespective of phylogenetic relationships among moths, so as to cope wit ... | 2019 | 31310329 |
| population genetic structure of the mediterranean horseshoe bat rhinolophus euryale in the central balkans. | migratory behaviour, sociality and roost selection have a great impact on the population structure of one species. many bat species live in groups, and movements between summer and hibernation sites are common in temperate bats. the mediterranean horseshoe bat rhinolophus euryale is a cave-dwelling species that exhibits roost philopatry and undertakes seasonal movements which are usually shorter than 50 km. its distribution in serbia is restricted to karstic areas in western and eastern parts of ... | 2019 | 30699143 |
| historical explanation of genetic variation in the mediterranean horseshoe bat rhinolophus euryale (chiroptera: rhinolophidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome-b and d-loop genes in iran. | molecular phylogeography and species distribution modelling (sdm) suggest that late quaternary glacial cycles have portrayed a significant role in structuring current population genetic structure and diversity. based on phylogenetic relationships using bayesian inference and maximum likelihood of 535 bp mtdna (d-loop) and 745 bp mtdna (cytb) in 62 individuals of the mediterranean horseshoe bat, rhinolophus euryale, from 13 different localities in iran we identified two subspecific populations wi ... | 2019 | 29697024 |
| assessing niche partitioning of co-occurring sibling bat species by dna metabarcoding. | niche partitioning through foraging is a mechanism likely involved in facilitating the coexistence of ecologically similar and co-occurring animal species by separating their use of resources. yet, this mechanism is not well understood in flying insectivorous animals. this is particularly true of bats, where many ecologically similar or cryptic species coexist. the detailed analysis of the foraging niche in sympatric, cryptic sibling species provides an excellent framework to disentangle the rol ... | 2018 | 29411450 |