COVID-19 and threats to bats
Bats are very diverse, including over 1400 species (Simmons and Cirranello 2020), meaning that one in every five living mammal species is a bat. These remarkable animals include species living on every continent except Antarctica. Many of them perform essential ecosystem services including consuming...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6299aaa254de4d9a960d7e0a8bedffd3 2023-05-15T13:47:53+02:00 COVID-19 and threats to bats M. Brock Fenton Samira Mubareka Susan M. Tsang Nancy B. Simmons Daniel J. Becker 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0028 https://doaj.org/article/6299aaa254de4d9a960d7e0a8bedffd3 EN eng Canadian Science Publishing https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2020-0028 https://doaj.org/toc/2371-1671 doi:10.1139/facets-2020-0028 2371-1671 https://doaj.org/article/6299aaa254de4d9a960d7e0a8bedffd3 FACETS, Vol 5, Pp 349-352 (2020) covid-19 bats Education L Science Q article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0028 2022-12-31T09:49:22Z Bats are very diverse, including over 1400 species (Simmons and Cirranello 2020), meaning that one in every five living mammal species is a bat. These remarkable animals include species living on every continent except Antarctica. Many of them perform essential ecosystem services including consuming large quantities of insects, dispersing seeds, and pollinating flowers of numerous tropical and subtropical plants including many of economic importance (e.g., durian in southeast Asia, agaves used to make tequila in North America; Kunz et al. 2011). Lamentably, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List (2020) identifies 77 species of bats as Endangered. Most bats are small mammals with low rates of reproduction (typically one or two young per year) and exceptionally long lifespans, with some individuals living over 40 years in the wild (Munshi-South and Wilkinson 2010). Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Wilkinson ENVELOPE(-66.200,-66.200,-66.817,-66.817) FACETS 5 1 349 352 |
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Bats are very diverse, including over 1400 species (Simmons and Cirranello 2020), meaning that one in every five living mammal species is a bat. These remarkable animals include species living on every continent except Antarctica. Many of them perform essential ecosystem services including consuming large quantities of insects, dispersing seeds, and pollinating flowers of numerous tropical and subtropical plants including many of economic importance (e.g., durian in southeast Asia, agaves used to make tequila in North America; Kunz et al. 2011). Lamentably, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List (2020) identifies 77 species of bats as Endangered. Most bats are small mammals with low rates of reproduction (typically one or two young per year) and exceptionally long lifespans, with some individuals living over 40 years in the wild (Munshi-South and Wilkinson 2010). |
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