| unveiling the hidden bat diversity of a neotropical montane forest. | mountain environments, characterized by high levels of endemism, are at risk of experiencing significant biodiversity loss due to current trends in global warming. while many acknowledge their importance and vulnerability, these ecosystems still remain poorly studied, particularly for taxa that are difficult to sample such as bats. aiming to estimate the amount of cryptic diversity among bats of a neotropical montane cloud forest in talamanca range-south-east central america-, we performed a 15- ... | 2016 | 27706168 |
| contrasting thermal strategies of montane neotropical bats at high elevations. | in the neotropics, captive vespertilionid bats substantially reduce their metabolic rate at low ambient temperatures, similar to their temperate counterparts, whereas the ability of phyllostomids to lower metabolic rate seems to be more limited, even in mountain species. nevertheless, field data on the thermal behaviour of syntopic individuals from these two families is lacking. consequently, we aimed to test whether torpor was more common and deeper in vesper bats compared to leaf-nosed bats by ... | 2018 | 30509657 |