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On the fly : tritrophic associations of bats, bat flies, and fungi Ghent University
Parasitism is one of the most diverse and abundant modes of life, and of great ecological and evolutionary importance. Notwithstanding, large groups of parasites remain relatively understudied. One particularly unique form of parasitism is hyperparasitism, where a parasite is parasitized itself. Bats (Chiroptera) may be parasitized by bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea), obligate blood-sucking parasites, which in turn may be parasitized by ...
Human interactions with bats and bat coronaviruses in rural Côte d'Ivoire University of Antwerp
Bats are presumed reservoirs of diverse & alpha;- and & beta;- coronaviruses (CoVs) and understanding the diversity of batCoVs and the role bats play in CoV transmission is highly relevant in the context of the current COVID pandemic. We sampled bats in Cote d'Ivoire (2016-2018) living at ecotones between anthropogenic and wild habitats in the Marahoue & PRIME; National Park, a recently encroached protected area, to detect and ...
Modeling bat prey capture in echolocating bats University of Antwerp
Echolocating bats are the only mammals engaging in airborne pursuit. In this paper, we implement a reactive model of sonar based prey pursuit in bats. Our simulations include a realistic prey localization mechanism as well as a model of the bats motor behavior. In contrast to previous work, our model incorporates bats ability to execute rapid saccadic scanning motions keeping the prey within its field of view. Decoupling the flight direction ...
Response of bats to light with different spectra: light-shy and agile bat presence is affected by white and green, but not red light University of Antwerp
Artificial light at night has shown a remarkable increase over the past decades. Effects are reported for many species groups, and include changes in presence, behaviour, physiology and life-history traits. Among these, bats are strongly affected, and how bat species react to light is likely to vary with light colour. Different spectra may therefore be applied to reduce negative impacts. We used a unique set-up of eight field sites to study the ...
The psoric mites parasitic on bats. XXVII. Bakeracarus schoutedeni subsp. hyatti subsp. nov. from a bat in Nepal Institute of Tropical Medicine
Replacement of lead stabilizer in electroless nickel-boron baths : synthesis and characterization of coatings from bismuth stabilized bath Ghent University
Characterization of BAT activity in rats using invasive and non-invasive techniques KU Leuven
INTRODUCTION: Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is considered as a potential target for combating obesity in humans where active BAT metabolizes glucose and fatty acids as fuel resulting in heat production. Prospective studies in humans have been set up to further study the presence and metabolic activity of BAT mostly using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging in cold-stimulated conditions with the radiolabeled glucose derivative [18F]FDG. ...
A tripartite survey of hyperparasitic fungi associated with ectoparasitic flies on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in a neotropical cloud forest in Panama Ghent University
The Darién province in eastern Panama is one of the most unexplored and biodiverse regions in the world. The Chucantà Nature Reserve, in SerranÃa de Majé, consists of a diverse tropical cloud forest ecosystem. The aim of this research was to explore and study host associations of a tripartite system of bats, ectoparasitic flies on bats (Diptera, Streblidae), and ectoparasitic fungi (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales) that use bat flies as hosts. We ...
Spatial and temporal occurrence of bats in the southern North Sea area Flanders Marine Institute
Since a few years it is known that bats migrate over sea on a regular basis. As numerous land-based studies have shown that wind turbines can cause high fatality rates amongst bats Rijkswaterstaat started a bat monitoring programme for 2015 and 2016 in order to reduce uncertainties about possible impacts. At the same time Eneco commissioned a bat monitoring programme for 2015 and 2016 as part of the Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (MEP) for ...