Willingness to Pay for Conservation of Transborder Migratory Species: A Case Study of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat in the United States and Mexico
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1046-1
Abstract: We estimated U.S. and Mexican citizens’ willingness to pay (WTP) for protecting habitat for a transborder migratory species, the Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana), using the contingent valuation method. Few contingent valuation surveys have… read more here.
Keywords: mexican free; bat; protect habitat; united states ... See more keywords
The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0227-2
Abstract: Here we describe the complete genome of a new ebolavirus, Bombali virus (BOMV) detected in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone (little free-tailed (Chaerephon pumilus) and Angolan free-tailed (Mops condylurus)). The bats were found roosting inside… read more here.
Keywords: free tailed; discovery bombali; virus adds; bombali virus ... See more keywords
Welcome home: Brazilian free-tailed bats adjust their echolocation calls to detect cave opening
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DOI: 10.1121/1.5067848
Abstract: While both bats and dolphins use sonar to navigate their environment, the sensory challenges between the two are not equal since dolphins typically navigate in the open ocean and bats often navigate in cluttered environments.… read more here.
Keywords: tailed bats; cave opening; brazilian free; free tailed ... See more keywords
Experimental Infection of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) with SARS-CoV-2
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DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00263-22
Abstract: ABSTRACT The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus is thought to have originated in wild bats from Asia, and as the resulting pandemic continues into its third year, concerns have been raised that the… read more here.
Keywords: free tailed; mexican free; infection; brasiliensis ... See more keywords
Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) adjust foraging behaviour in response to migratory moths
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0284
Abstract: Insect migrations represent large movements of resources across a landscape, which are attractive to predators capable of detecting and catching them. Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis I. Geoffroy, 1824) consume migratory noctuid moths, which concentrate… read more here.
Keywords: tailed bats; brazilian free; bats tadarida; free tailed ... See more keywords
Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance in Faecal Escherichia coli from European Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida teniotis) in Portugal
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DOI: 10.3161/15081109acc2019.21.2.015
Abstract: In the last decades, the increase of antimicrobial resistance bacteria has become a concern of public health, already affecting unintentional hosts as isolated wild populations. In the present study, we evaluated the incidence of antimicrobial… read more here.
Keywords: tailed bats; escherichia coli; antimicrobial resistance; resistance ... See more keywords
Experimental Infection of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) with Two Strains of SARS-CoV-2
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DOI: 10.3390/v14081809
Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is presumed to have originated from wildlife and shares homology with other bat coronaviruses. Determining the susceptibility of North American bat species to SARS-CoV-2 is of utmost importance… read more here.
Keywords: tailed bats; brazilian free; free tailed; infection ... See more keywords