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Bat Tongues and Foraging: Linking Morphology to Hunting Strategies
Russo, Danilo; Rebelo, Hugo; Mata, Vanessa; Augusto, Ana Margarida; Cistrone, Luca; Belli, Chiara; Oliveira, DiogoOn their dorsal surface, bat tongues show a raised muscular structure called mediodorsal lobe (MDL) or lingual prominence. It exhibits different mechanical papillae across species, which we hypothesized are linked to foraging strategies. We predicted that tall MDLs and prominent papillae pointing frontward would effectively trap prey items caught on the wing by aerial hawkers. We examined 904 high-resolution, c...
To improve or not to improve? The dilemma of “bat-friendly” farmland potentiall...
Russo, Danilo; Tanalgo, Krizler; Rebelo, Hugo; Cistrone, LucaConventional agriculture occupies a substantial portion of Earth’s terrestrial surface and adversely affects biodiversity through pesticide spread, mechanisation, and loss of spatial and temporal heterogeneity of farmed landscapes. Consequently, conventional agriculture has become a primary target of many restoration projects operating at various scales, from habitat to landscape. While these restoration effort...
Agriculture and Water Availability Show Contrasting Effects on Bats in a Medite...
Cistrone, Luca; Augusto, Ana Margarida; Fichera, Gaetano; Rebelo, Hugo; Russo, DaniloWith their unique ecosystems and evolutionary dynamics, small islands offer fascinating contexts to explore animal diversity. Island bats are key players in maintaining ecological balance. However, their populations are threatened worldwide, necessitating comprehensive research and conservation strategies. Pantelleria, a small Mediterranean island and a biogeographic crossroad between Europe and Africa, offers ...
Agriculture and water availability show contrasting effects on bats in a medite...
Cistrone, Luca; Augusto, Ana Margarida; Fichera, Gaetano; Rebelo, Hugo; Russo, DaniloWith their unique ecosystems and evolutionary dynamics, small islands offer fascinating contexts to explore animal diversity. Island bats are key players in maintaining ecological balance. However, their populations are threatened worldwide, necessitating comprehensive research and conservation strategies. Pantelleria, a small Mediterranean island and a biogeographic crossroad between Europe and Africa, offers ...
Where are we now with European forest multi-taxon biodiversity and where can we...
Burrascano, Sabina; Chianucci, Francesco; Trentanovi, Giovanni; Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian; Sitzia, Tommaso; Tinya, Flóra; Doerfler, Inken; Paillet, YoanThe European biodiversity and forest strategies rely on forest sustainable management (SFM) to conserve forest biodiversity. However, current sustainability assessments hardly account for direct biodiversity indicators. We focused on forest multi-taxon biodiversity to: i) gather and map the existing information; ii) identify knowledge and research gaps; iii) discuss its research potential. We established a rese...
Social calls are subject to stabilizing selection in insular bats
Russo, Danilo; Teixeira, Sérgio; Cistrone, Luca; Jesus, José; Teixeira, David; Freitas, Tamira; Jones, GarethAim Bats communicate by emitting social calls, and these often elicit reactions in conspecifics. Many such vocalizations are species-specific so that unambiguous signals can be transmitted and interpreted by conspecifics. In species-rich assemblages, evolutionary pressures might prompt interspecific diversification of call structure so that communication with heterospecifics is avoided. In species poor island c...