Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies
International audience Sharing resources with conspecifics or heterospecifics can involve costs like increased competition or higher pathogen infection risks as well as benefits such as information on the location, quality and availability of resources. Depending on the consequences of sharing resou...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01872673v1 2023-05-15T17:13:47+02:00 Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies Zeus, Veronika Puechmaille, Sébastien KERTH, GERALD Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald 2017 https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-01872673 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier Masson info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015 hal-01872673 https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-01872673 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015 ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-01872673 Animal Behaviour, Elsevier Masson, 2017, 123, pp.329-338. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015⟩ [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Symbiosis info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015 2020-12-25T01:47:25Z International audience Sharing resources with conspecifics or heterospecifics can involve costs like increased competition or higher pathogen infection risks as well as benefits such as information on the location, quality and availability of resources. Depending on the consequences of sharing resources, the responses of individuals towards resources used by conspecifics and heterospecifics can range from ignoring them through avoidance to attraction. Within bats it is well known that colony members share information about day roosts and roost switching is often coordinated within the colony. However, little is known about roosting interactions between distinct colonies of conspecifics or heterospecifics. In this study, we investigated roosting interactions between five co-occurring bat colonies that belong to three forest-living species (Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri, Plecotus auritus). Occupied roosts were continuously monitored with an automatic RFID system over three maternity seasons. Furthermore, we used simulations to test whether colonies preferentially occupied recently used roosts of other colonies. We found no evidence that the roosting behaviour of the M. bechsteinii colony was influenced by the co-occurring heterospecific colonies. In contrast, P. auritus and M. nattereri frequently explored roosts of conspecific and heterospecific colonies, respectively. Nevertheless, with largely separated roosting ranges, the three P. auritus colonies avoided occupying roosts that had been inhabited by conspecific colonies. In contrast, M. nattereri specifically occupied recent roosts of all three P. auritus colonies. Our results give evidence that co-occurring colonies of conspecific and heterospecific bats can influence each other's roost usage. Our findings have implications for both our understanding of inter-and intraspecific resource sharing among distinct social groups and the management of forest-living bats that are of conservation concern. Article in Journal/Newspaper Myotis nattereri Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Animal Behaviour 123 329 338 |
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[SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDV.EE.IEO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment/Symbiosis Zeus, Veronika Puechmaille, Sébastien KERTH, GERALD Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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International audience Sharing resources with conspecifics or heterospecifics can involve costs like increased competition or higher pathogen infection risks as well as benefits such as information on the location, quality and availability of resources. Depending on the consequences of sharing resources, the responses of individuals towards resources used by conspecifics and heterospecifics can range from ignoring them through avoidance to attraction. Within bats it is well known that colony members share information about day roosts and roost switching is often coordinated within the colony. However, little is known about roosting interactions between distinct colonies of conspecifics or heterospecifics. In this study, we investigated roosting interactions between five co-occurring bat colonies that belong to three forest-living species (Myotis bechsteinii, Myotis nattereri, Plecotus auritus). Occupied roosts were continuously monitored with an automatic RFID system over three maternity seasons. Furthermore, we used simulations to test whether colonies preferentially occupied recently used roosts of other colonies. We found no evidence that the roosting behaviour of the M. bechsteinii colony was influenced by the co-occurring heterospecific colonies. In contrast, P. auritus and M. nattereri frequently explored roosts of conspecific and heterospecific colonies, respectively. Nevertheless, with largely separated roosting ranges, the three P. auritus colonies avoided occupying roosts that had been inhabited by conspecific colonies. In contrast, M. nattereri specifically occupied recent roosts of all three P. auritus colonies. Our results give evidence that co-occurring colonies of conspecific and heterospecific bats can influence each other's roost usage. Our findings have implications for both our understanding of inter-and intraspecific resource sharing among distinct social groups and the management of forest-living bats that are of conservation concern. |
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Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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Conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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conspecific and heterospecific social groups affect each other's resource use: a study on roost sharing among bat colonies |
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ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.umontpellier.fr/hal-01872673 Animal Behaviour, Elsevier Masson, 2017, 123, pp.329-338. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.015⟩ |
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