Bat guano: record of climate change
[Extract] Bats are a ubiquitous group of flying mammals found on every continent except Antarctica, with highest abundance and diversity in the tropics and subtropics. Some species are very gregarious and may roost together in caves in substantial numbers. For example, the Mexican free-tailed bat ma...
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ftjamescook:oai:researchonline.jcu.edu.au:17700 2023-09-05T13:13:10+02:00 Bat guano: record of climate change Wurster, Christopher Bird, Michael Mcfarlane, Donald 2010-01 image/jpeg application/pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/5/17700_Wurster_etal_2010.JPG https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/6/17700_Wurster_et_al_2010_Accepted.pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/7/17700_Wurster_et_al_2010.pdf unknown McGraw-Hill http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071639284.html https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/ https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/5/17700_Wurster_etal_2010.JPG https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/6/17700_Wurster_et_al_2010_Accepted.pdf https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17700/7/17700_Wurster_et_al_2010.pdf Wurster, Christopher, Bird, Michael, and Mcfarlane, Donald (2010) Bat guano: record of climate change. In: UNSPECIFIED, (ed.) McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2010. McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology . McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, USA, pp. 34-36. open Book Chapter NonPeerReviewed 2010 ftjamescook 2023-08-22T19:56:57Z [Extract] Bats are a ubiquitous group of flying mammals found on every continent except Antarctica, with highest abundance and diversity in the tropics and subtropics. Some species are very gregarious and may roost together in caves in substantial numbers. For example, the Mexican free-tailed bat may roost in maternity colonies reaching in excess of 20 million individuals in the semiarid parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. These high population densities can result in bleached fur on the bats as a result of the high concentration of ammonia given off by microbial processing of bat urine and excrement (guano). Both big and smaller populations of bats produce considerable quantities of guano, which, over thousands of years, can lead to deposits many meters thick on the cave floor. Sizable guano deposits have been mined for fertilizer, with the remaining deposits now serving as valuable archives of past environmental change. Book Part Antarc* Antarctica James Cook University, Australia: ResearchOnline@JCU Guano ENVELOPE(141.604,141.604,-66.775,-66.775) |
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[Extract] Bats are a ubiquitous group of flying mammals found on every continent except Antarctica, with highest abundance and diversity in the tropics and subtropics. Some species are very gregarious and may roost together in caves in substantial numbers. For example, the Mexican free-tailed bat may roost in maternity colonies reaching in excess of 20 million individuals in the semiarid parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. These high population densities can result in bleached fur on the bats as a result of the high concentration of ammonia given off by microbial processing of bat urine and excrement (guano). Both big and smaller populations of bats produce considerable quantities of guano, which, over thousands of years, can lead to deposits many meters thick on the cave floor. Sizable guano deposits have been mined for fertilizer, with the remaining deposits now serving as valuable archives of past environmental change. |
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