Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera).
Bat wings are characterized by high endurance, and these mammals have developed a number of adaptations that protect them from falling into obstacles and potential injuries. However, in bat populations, there are individuals with visible fresh or healed injuries to the flight-enabling body parts. Th...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:31e2df859d594050b6dd09c447e0b8b2 2023-05-15T15:37:50+02:00 Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). Jan Cichocki Marcin Warchałowski Agnieszka Ważna Iwona Gottfried Anna Bator-Kocoł Tomasz Gottfried Adrianna Kościelska Jacek Bojarski Monika Pietraszko-Warchałowska Grzegorz Gabryś 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219783 https://doaj.org/article/31e2df859d594050b6dd09c447e0b8b2 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219783 https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219783 https://doaj.org/article/31e2df859d594050b6dd09c447e0b8b2 PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 7, p e0219783 (2019) Medicine R Science Q article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219783 2022-12-31T13:16:18Z Bat wings are characterized by high endurance, and these mammals have developed a number of adaptations that protect them from falling into obstacles and potential injuries. However, in bat populations, there are individuals with visible fresh or healed injuries to the flight-enabling body parts. The aim of this research was to determine the differences in the occurrence of wing membrane damages among species of bats that differ in ecology and behavior. The study was conducted in southern and western Poland in the years 2000-2016 and included 3,525 individuals of six species: lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolopus hipposideros, Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii, Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri, greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis, western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus, and brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus. In all, 2.9% of the bats studied showed damage to the flight-enabling body parts. Natterer's bat was the species with the highest number of injured individuals (21.74%). The lowest number of injured individuals (0.3%) was found in the brown long-eared bat. The most frequently observed type of damage was loss of an edge of the wing membrane (29.3%). The bat species studied differed significantly in the occurrence and location of flight enabling body parts damages. Certain behavioral and ecological factors like foraging mode, foraging habitats and habitat types of bat species determine the number of wing and tail membrane damages. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barbastella barbastellus Myotis nattereri Natterer's bat Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PLOS ONE 14 7 e0219783 |
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Bat wings are characterized by high endurance, and these mammals have developed a number of adaptations that protect them from falling into obstacles and potential injuries. However, in bat populations, there are individuals with visible fresh or healed injuries to the flight-enabling body parts. The aim of this research was to determine the differences in the occurrence of wing membrane damages among species of bats that differ in ecology and behavior. The study was conducted in southern and western Poland in the years 2000-2016 and included 3,525 individuals of six species: lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolopus hipposideros, Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii, Natterer's bat Myotis nattereri, greater mouse-eared bat Myotis myotis, western barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus, and brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus. In all, 2.9% of the bats studied showed damage to the flight-enabling body parts. Natterer's bat was the species with the highest number of injured individuals (21.74%). The lowest number of injured individuals (0.3%) was found in the brown long-eared bat. The most frequently observed type of damage was loss of an edge of the wing membrane (29.3%). The bat species studied differed significantly in the occurrence and location of flight enabling body parts damages. Certain behavioral and ecological factors like foraging mode, foraging habitats and habitat types of bat species determine the number of wing and tail membrane damages. |
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Jan Cichocki Marcin Warchałowski Agnieszka Ważna Iwona Gottfried Anna Bator-Kocoł Tomasz Gottfried Adrianna Kościelska Jacek Bojarski Monika Pietraszko-Warchałowska Grzegorz Gabryś |
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Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). |
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Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). |
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Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). |
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Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). |
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Frequent or scarce? Damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (Chiroptera). |
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frequent or scarce? damage to flight-enabling body parts in bats (chiroptera). |
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