A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest

Abstract Given widespread habitat degradation and loss, reliable indicators are needed that provide a comprehensive assessment of community response to anthropogenic disturbance. The family Phyllostomidae (Order Chiroptera) has frequently been the focus of research evaluating bats’ response to habit...

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Autores principales:	Darwin Valle, Daniel M. Griffith, Andrea Jara-Guerrero, Diego Armijos-Ojeda, Carlos I. Espinosa
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/827652ab910945bd9410c1a552b96ad3
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:827652ab910945bd9410c1a552b96ad32021-12-02T15:53:43ZA multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest10.1038/s41598-021-85066-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/827652ab910945bd9410c1a552b96ad32021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85066-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Given widespread habitat degradation and loss, reliable indicators are needed that provide a comprehensive assessment of community response to anthropogenic disturbance. The family Phyllostomidae (Order Chiroptera) has frequently been the focus of research evaluating bats’ response to habitat disturbance in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs). However, few studies compare this family to the larger bat assemblage to assess its efficacy as a bioindicator. We compared community and species-specific attributes of understory phyllostomid and all understory bat species: (1) along a gradient of habitat disturbance within a human-modified SDTF landscape; and (2) between forest and riparian habitats within each disturbance level. We captured 290 individuals belonging to 13 species and 4 families. Phyllostomid species exhibited greater sensitivity to disturbance than the understory bat community as a whole based on richness and beta diversity. Both groups were more sensitive to disturbance in forest than riparian habitat, but phyllostomid species were more likely to be lost from highly disturbed forest habitat. The two dominant species declined in abundance with disturbance but variation in body condition was species-specific. These results suggest that Phyllostomidae are more effective indicators of human disturbance in SDTF than the understory bat community as a whole and evaluation of bats’ response to disturbance is best accomplished with a multifaceted approach.Darwin ValleDaniel M. GriffithAndrea Jara-GuerreroDiego Armijos-OjedaCarlos I. EspinosaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Darwin Valle Daniel M. Griffith Andrea Jara-Guerrero Diego Armijos-Ojeda Carlos I. Espinosa A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
description	Abstract Given widespread habitat degradation and loss, reliable indicators are needed that provide a comprehensive assessment of community response to anthropogenic disturbance. The family Phyllostomidae (Order Chiroptera) has frequently been the focus of research evaluating bats’ response to habitat disturbance in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs). However, few studies compare this family to the larger bat assemblage to assess its efficacy as a bioindicator. We compared community and species-specific attributes of understory phyllostomid and all understory bat species: (1) along a gradient of habitat disturbance within a human-modified SDTF landscape; and (2) between forest and riparian habitats within each disturbance level. We captured 290 individuals belonging to 13 species and 4 families. Phyllostomid species exhibited greater sensitivity to disturbance than the understory bat community as a whole based on richness and beta diversity. Both groups were more sensitive to disturbance in forest than riparian habitat, but phyllostomid species were more likely to be lost from highly disturbed forest habitat. The two dominant species declined in abundance with disturbance but variation in body condition was species-specific. These results suggest that Phyllostomidae are more effective indicators of human disturbance in SDTF than the understory bat community as a whole and evaluation of bats’ response to disturbance is best accomplished with a multifaceted approach.
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author	Darwin Valle Daniel M. Griffith Andrea Jara-Guerrero Diego Armijos-Ojeda Carlos I. Espinosa
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title	A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
title_short	A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
title_full	A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
title_fullStr	A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
title_full_unstemmed	A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
title_sort	multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest
publisher	Nature Portfolio
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A multifaceted approach to understanding bat community response to disturbance in a seasonally dry tropical forest

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