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Flying high - assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats

Kalko, E. and Villegas, S. E. and Schmidt, M. and Wegmann, Martin and Meyer, C. F. (2008) Flying high - assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 48, pp. 60-73. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/icb/icn030. ISSN 1540-7063.

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Official URL: http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/48/1/60

Abstract

Bats feature prominently among organisms that occupy the aerosphere as they extensively use this environment for foraging, but also for dispersal, migration, and behavioral interactions. Differential use of the aerosphere is an important factor structuring bat assemblages, with species exhibiting distinct morphological, physiological, and sensory adaptations to different habitat types. This necessitates comprehensive sampling methodologies such as combined ground-level and canopy-level mist netting as well as acoustic monitoring to assess the presence, diversity, and activity of different functional groups of species adequately. Recent technological advances in acoustic detection and in methods of analysis, coupled with the expansion of libraries of echolocation calls for species identification, now allow for the reliable quantification of species numbers and activity of the scarcely known group of aerial insectivorous bats, particularly in species-rich tropical assemblages. We provide a brief, exemplary overview of recent studies on bats conducted in Panamá to demonstrate the necessity of comprehensive sampling methods and application of new technologies in order to adequately depict assemblage composition and responses of bats to structural changes in habitats induced by fragmentation. In addition to acoustic methods, miniaturization of radio transmitters has provided new insights into the patterns of spatial use of the aerosphere by bats and has identified species-specific differences in mobility as one of the important traits that determines bats’ reactions to anthropogenic alterations of the landscape. Following the goals of the symposium on aeroecology, we propose new avenues of research for probing the aerosphere. We discuss how integration of a diverse array of remote sensing tools with data on species distribution and species traits, such as mobility and edge-sensitivity, might provide novel opportunities for the development, and application of conservation-oriented monitoring systems.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/64254/
Document Type:Article
Title:Flying high - assessing the use of the aerosphere by bats
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Kalko, E.Universität UlmUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Villegas, S. E. Universität UlmUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schmidt, M.DLR-DFDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Wegmann, MartinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Meyer, C. F.Universität UlmUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:2008
Journal or Publication Title:Integrative and Comparative Biology
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:Yes
In ISI Web of Science:Yes
Volume:48
DOI:10.1093/icb/icn030
Page Range:pp. 60-73
Editors:
EditorsEmailEditor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Heatwole, H.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:1540-7063
Status:Published
Keywords:bats, ecology, spatial pattern, remote sensing
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)
HGF - Program:Space (old)
HGF - Program Themes:W EO - Erdbeobachtung
DLR - Research area:Space
DLR - Program:W EO - Erdbeobachtung
DLR - Research theme (Project):W - Vorhaben Geowissenschaftl. Fernerkundungs- und GIS-Verfahren (old)
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:German Remote Sensing Data Center
Deposited By: Schmidt, Martin
Deposited On:14 Jun 2010 10:51
Last Modified:06 Sep 2019 15:20

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