| discovery of novel virus sequences in an isolated and threatened bat species, the new zealand lesser short-tailed bat (mystacina tuberculata). | bats harbour a diverse array of viruses, including significant human pathogens. extensive metagenomic studies of material from bats, in particular guano, have revealed a large number of novel or divergent viral taxa that were previously unknown. new zealand has only two extant indigenous terrestrial mammals, which are both bats, mystacina tuberculata (the lesser short-tailed bat) and chalinolobus tuberculatus (the long-tailed bat). until the human introduction of exotic mammals, these species ha ... | 2015 | 25900137 |
| effects of clear-fell harvest on bat home range. | we investigated effects of roost loss due to clear-fell harvest on bat home range. the study took place in plantation forest, inhabited by the new zealand long-tailed bat (chalinolobus tuberculatus), in which trees are harvested between the ages 26-32 years. we determined home ranges by radiotracking different bats in areas that had and had not been recently clear-fell harvested. home ranges were smaller in areas that had been harvested. adult male bats selected 20-25 year old stands within home ... | 2014 | 24465938 |
| microsatellite markers for the endemic new zealand long-tailed bat (chalinolobus tuberculatus). | the new zealand long-tailed bat (chalinolobus tuberculatus) is an endangered species which is now absent from many habitats where they were previously observed. however, population genetics studies have been hampered by the lack of reliable genetic markers. we have developed 13 microsatellite markers, and at least eight of these are suitable for population studies. nine of these markers also cross-react with the closely related australian species c. gouldii. these markers may prove of general ut ... | 2009 | 21564708 |
| the behavioral energetics of new zealand's bats: daily torpor and hibernation, a continuum. | we examine the impact of behavior on the short-term energy expenditures of the only terrestrial mammals endemic to new zealand, two bats, the long-tailed (chalinolobus tuberculatus, family vespertilionidae), and the lesser short-tailed (mystacina tuberculata, family mystacinidae). vespertilionidae has a world-wide distribution. mystacinidae is restricted to new zealand, although related to five neotropical families and one in madagascar reflecting a shared gondwanan origin of their noctilionoide ... | 2018 | 29746908 |