Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in Ixodes ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with cave-dwelling bats from Poland and Romania.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.101300
Abstract: Bats comprise one quarter of the world's mammal species. In Europe, three nidicolous Ixodes tick species, I. vespertilionis, I. simplex and I. ariadnae are specifically associated with cave-dwelling bats, but their role as potential vectors… read more here.
Keywords: cave dwelling; dwelling bats; tick species; associated cave ... See more keywords
Genetic diversity and ecology of coronaviruses hosted by cave-dwelling bats in Gabon
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64159-1
Abstract: Little research on coronaviruses has been conducted on wild animals in Africa. Here, we screened a wide range of wild animals collected in six provinces and five caves of Gabon between 2009 and 2015. We… read more here.
Keywords: cave dwelling; diversity; dwelling bats; wild animals ... See more keywords
An agent-based algorithm resembles behaviour of tree-dwelling bats under fission–fusion dynamics
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72999-0
Abstract: Utilization of computational approach in the study of social behaviour of animals is increasing and we attempted such an approach in our study of tree-dwelling bats. These bats live in highly dynamic fission–fusion societies that… read more here.
Keywords: fusion dynamics; dwelling bats; agent based; fusion ... See more keywords
Seasonal occupancy of abandoned mines by cave-dwelling bats in the western Blue Mountains, New South Wales
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DOI: 10.1071/zo20059
Abstract: Abstract. Cave-dwelling microbats are known to occupy abandoned mines, which can be important habitat for threatened species. Surveys and monitoring between 2012 and 2014 in Mugii Murum-ban State Conservation Area identified use of three adits… read more here.
Keywords: dwelling bats; abandoned mines; seasonal occupancy; cave dwelling ... See more keywords