Amidst nets and typhoons: conservation implications of bat–farmer conflicts on Okinawa Island
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DOI: 10.1017/s0030605322000631
Abstract: Flying foxes are keystone species on islands and are threatened worldwide, particularly by forest degradation, hunting and culling. They are often persecuted if they are perceived as agricultural pests, but the extent of crop damage… read more here.
Keywords: okinawa island; crop; flying foxes; damage ... See more keywords
Time of year, age class and body condition predict Hendra virus infection in Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto)
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DOI: 10.1017/s0950268819001237
Abstract: Abstract Hendra virus (HeV) continues to cause fatal infection in horses and threaten infection in close-contact humans in eastern Australia. Species of Pteropus bats (flying-foxes) are the natural reservoir of the virus. We caught and… read more here.
Keywords: status; hev; age class; infection ... See more keywords
Using weather radar to monitor the number, timing and directions of flying-foxes emerging from their roosts
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46549-2
Abstract: Knowledge of species’ population trends is crucial when planning for conservation and management; however, this information can be difficult to obtain for extremely mobile species such as flying-foxes (Pteropus spp.; Chiroptera, Pteropodidae). In mainland Australia, flying-foxes are… read more here.
Keywords: weather radar; monitor; flying foxes; foxes emerging ... See more keywords
Co-circulation of alpha- and beta- coronaviruses in Pteropus vampyrus flying foxes from Indonesia.
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DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14762
Abstract: Bats are important reservoirs for alpha- and beta-coronaviruses. Coronaviruses (CoV) have been detected in pteropodid bats from several Southeast Asian countries, but little is known about coronaviruses in the Indonesian archipelago in proportion to its… read more here.
Keywords: alpha beta; vampyrus; beta coronaviruses; flying foxes ... See more keywords
Flying foxes in peril.
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DOI: 10.1126/science.355.6332.1386-q
Abstract: Conservation Island flying foxes, a group of fruit bats found on many tropical islands, are increasingly under threat from hunting and habitat destruction. In a Perspective, Vincenot et al. draw attention to the important ecological… read more here.
Keywords: fruit; science; foxes peril; flying foxes ... See more keywords
The ecology and distribution of Flying Foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Pteropus ) in Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with a first mainland record of Pteropus hypomelanus geminorum from Myeik
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DOI: 10.11609/jott.3517.9.8.10528-10537
Abstract: Roosting colonies of Pteropus spp. at Myeik and Nyaung-zin in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region were surveyed between March and October 2016. Flying Foxes from 12 roost sites in Myeik town are considered to represent the taxon… read more here.
Keywords: flying foxes; pteropus hypomelanus; tanintharyi region; hypomelanus geminorum ... See more keywords
A new Hendra virus genotype found in Australian flying foxes
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DOI: 10.1186/s12985-021-01652-7
Abstract: Background Hendra virus (HeV) has caused lethal disease outbreaks in humans and horses in Australia. Flying foxes are the wildlife reservoir from which the virus was first isolated in 1996. Following a heat stress mortality… read more here.
Keywords: flying foxes; hendra virus; genotype; hev ... See more keywords
Unmasking the complexity of species identification in Australasian flying-foxes
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194908
Abstract: Pteropus (flying-foxes) are a speciose group of non-echolocating large bats, with five extant Australian species and 24 additional species distributed amongst the Pacific Islands. In 2015, an injured flying-fox with unusual facial markings was found… read more here.
Keywords: flying foxes; complexity; species identification; flying fox ... See more keywords
A comparison of nutritional value of native and alien food plants for a critically endangered island flying-fox
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250857
Abstract: Habitat loss and alteration are two of the biggest threats facing insular flying-foxes. Altered habitats are often re-vegetated with introduced or domestic plant species on which flying-foxes may forage. However, these alien food plants may… read more here.
Keywords: food plants; flying foxes; alien food; critically endangered ... See more keywords
Novel Hendra Virus Variant Circulating in Black Flying Foxes and Grey-Headed Flying Foxes, Australia
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.212338
Abstract: A novel Hendra virus variant, genotype 2, was recently discovered in a horse that died after acute illness and in Pteropus flying fox tissues in Australia. We detected the variant in flying fox urine, the… read more here.
Keywords: hendra virus; flying foxes; virus variant; novel hendra ... See more keywords
PHYSIOLOGIC BIOMARKERS AND HENDRA VIRUS INFECTION IN AUSTRALIAN BLACK FLYING FOXES (PTEROPUS ALECTO)
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DOI: 10.7589/2016-05-100
Abstract: Abstract Bats of the genus Pteropus (Pteropodidae), colloquially known as flying foxes, are recognized as the natural reservoir of Hendra virus, a zoonotic paramyxovirus responsible for mortality in horses and humans. Some previous studies have… read more here.
Keywords: virus infection; hendra virus; black flying; flying foxes ... See more keywords