Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas

Insectivorous bats provide ecosystem services in agricultural and urban landscapes by consuming arthropods that are considered pests. Bat species inhabiting cities are expected to consume insects associated with urban areas, such as mosquitoes, flying termites, moths, and beetles. We captured insect...

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Autores principales:	Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar, Igor D. Bueno-Rocha, Guilherme Oliveira, Eder S. Pires, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Gisele L. Nunes, Marina R. Frizzas, Pedro H. B. Togni
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1d4b749a16db4feba3a7084b0d1d8a832021-11-04T06:07:17ZGoing out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/1d4b749a16db4feba3a7084b0d1d8a832021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8530310/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Insectivorous bats provide ecosystem services in agricultural and urban landscapes by consuming arthropods that are considered pests. Bat species inhabiting cities are expected to consume insects associated with urban areas, such as mosquitoes, flying termites, moths, and beetles. We captured insectivorous bats in the Federal District of Brazil and used fecal DNA metabarcoding to investigate the arthropod consumed by five bat species living in colonies in city buildings, and ascertained whether their predation was related to ecosystem services. These insectivorous bat species were found to consume 83 morphospecies of arthropods and among these 41 were identified to species, most of which were agricultural pests. We propose that bats may roost in the city areas and forage in the nearby agricultural fields using their ability to fly over long distances. We also calculated the value of the pest suppression ecosystem service by the bats. By a conservative estimation, bats save US$ 94 per hectare of cornfields, accounting for an annual savings of US$ 390.6 million per harvest in Brazil. Our study confirms that, regardless of their roosting location, bats are essential for providing ecosystem services in the cities, with extensive impacts on crops and elsewhere, in addition to significant savings in the use of pesticides.Ludmilla M. S. AguiarIgor D. Bueno-RochaGuilherme OliveiraEder S. PiresSantelmo VasconcelosGisele L. NunesMarina R. FrizzasPedro H. B. TogniPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar Igor D. Bueno-Rocha Guilherme Oliveira Eder S. Pires Santelmo Vasconcelos Gisele L. Nunes Marina R. Frizzas Pedro H. B. Togni Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas
description	Insectivorous bats provide ecosystem services in agricultural and urban landscapes by consuming arthropods that are considered pests. Bat species inhabiting cities are expected to consume insects associated with urban areas, such as mosquitoes, flying termites, moths, and beetles. We captured insectivorous bats in the Federal District of Brazil and used fecal DNA metabarcoding to investigate the arthropod consumed by five bat species living in colonies in city buildings, and ascertained whether their predation was related to ecosystem services. These insectivorous bat species were found to consume 83 morphospecies of arthropods and among these 41 were identified to species, most of which were agricultural pests. We propose that bats may roost in the city areas and forage in the nearby agricultural fields using their ability to fly over long distances. We also calculated the value of the pest suppression ecosystem service by the bats. By a conservative estimation, bats save US$ 94 per hectare of cornfields, accounting for an annual savings of US$ 390.6 million per harvest in Brazil. Our study confirms that, regardless of their roosting location, bats are essential for providing ecosystem services in the cities, with extensive impacts on crops and elsewhere, in addition to significant savings in the use of pesticides.
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author	Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar Igor D. Bueno-Rocha Guilherme Oliveira Eder S. Pires Santelmo Vasconcelos Gisele L. Nunes Marina R. Frizzas Pedro H. B. Togni
author_facet	Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar Igor D. Bueno-Rocha Guilherme Oliveira Eder S. Pires Santelmo Vasconcelos Gisele L. Nunes Marina R. Frizzas Pedro H. B. Togni
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title	Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas
title_short	Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas
title_full	Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas
title_fullStr	Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas
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Going out for dinner—The consumption of agriculture pests by bats in urban areas

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