Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Cat predation upon bat species has been reported to have significant effects on bat populations in both rural and urban areas. The majority of research in this area has focussed on observational data from bat rehabilitators documenting injuries, and...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.13452027 2024-09-15T18:30:43+00:00 Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... Khayat, Rana O. S. Grant, Robyn A. Ryan, Hazel Melling, Louise M. Dougill, Gary Killick, David R. Shaw, Kirsty J. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13452027 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13452027 unknown Zenodo hash://md5/26bdb2f465092800725f52e651695a93 hash://sha256/dd40b8d130aed4821b5ee10d0cb7198af2571ae933ee625a9d3252c6af56a809 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/CYT7W45R https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/CYT7W45R https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/26953dcb67586634e20f740f9e9ece6f!/b160000-162463 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 hash://md5/26bdb2f465092800725f52e651695a93 hash://sha256/dd40b8d130aed4821b5ee10d0cb7198af2571ae933ee625a9d3252c6af56a809 zotero://select/groups/5435545/items/CYT7W45R https://zotero.org/groups/5435545/items/CYT7W45R https://linker.bio/cut:hash://md5/26953dcb67586634e20f740f9e9ece6f!/b160000-162463 hash://md5/26f7ce5dd404e33c6570edd4ba250d20 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1410543 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13452025 Biodiversity Mammalia Chiroptera Chordata Animalia bats bat JournalArticle ScholarlyArticle article-journal 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1345202710.5281/zenodo.141054310.5281/zenodo.13452025 2024-09-02T10:15:22Z (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Cat predation upon bat species has been reported to have significant effects on bat populations in both rural and urban areas. The majority of research in this area has focussed on observational data from bat rehabilitators documenting injuries, and cat owners, when domestic cats present prey. However, this has the potential to underestimate the number of bats killed or injured by cats. Here, we use forensic DNA analysis techniques to analyze swabs taken from injured bats in the United Kingdom, mainly including Pipistrellus pipistrellus (40 out of 72 specimens). Using quantitative PCR, cat DNA was found in two-thirds of samples submitted by bat rehabilitators. Of these samples, short tandem repeat analysis produced partial DNA profiles for approximately one-third of samples, which could be used to link predation events to individual cats. The use of genetic analysis can complement observational data and potentially provide additional information to give a ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Pipistrellus pipistrellus DataCite |
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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Cat predation upon bat species has been reported to have significant effects on bat populations in both rural and urban areas. The majority of research in this area has focussed on observational data from bat rehabilitators documenting injuries, and cat owners, when domestic cats present prey. However, this has the potential to underestimate the number of bats killed or injured by cats. Here, we use forensic DNA analysis techniques to analyze swabs taken from injured bats in the United Kingdom, mainly including Pipistrellus pipistrellus (40 out of 72 specimens). Using quantitative PCR, cat DNA was found in two-thirds of samples submitted by bat rehabilitators. Of these samples, short tandem repeat analysis produced partial DNA profiles for approximately one-third of samples, which could be used to link predation events to individual cats. The use of genetic analysis can complement observational data and potentially provide additional information to give a ... |
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Khayat, Rana O. S. Grant, Robyn A. Ryan, Hazel Melling, Louise M. Dougill, Gary Killick, David R. Shaw, Kirsty J. |
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Khayat, Rana O. S. Grant, Robyn A. Ryan, Hazel Melling, Louise M. Dougill, Gary Killick, David R. Shaw, Kirsty J. |
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... |
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... |
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... |
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... |
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis ... |
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investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic dna analysis ... |
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