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DOI	10.1111/aje.12968
	Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia
	Mushabati, Lina M.; Eiseb, Seth J.; Benda, Petr; Laverty, Theresa M.
通讯作者	Eiseb, SJ (corresponding author)，Univ Namibia, Sch Sci, Dept Environm Sci, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia.
来源期刊	AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
ISSN	0141-6707
EISSN	1365-2028
出版年	2022-02
英文摘要	Bat activity and species richness patterns are often used to assess bat population trends. Understanding how environmental conditions affect bat activity is thus important for bat conservation, but understudied across much of Africa. To address this information gap, we examined the effects of environmental factors (i.e. lunar phase and ambient temperature) on bat activity and species richness in the northern Namib Desert, Namibia. From May 2016 to March 2017, we deployed long-term acoustic detectors at three locations of varying altitudes to record bat activity and captured bats to confirm species identities once per month. In total, we recorded 5865 passes from six bat families, with Vespertilionidae and Molossidae occurring at all sites. Lunar phase did not significantly affect activity on full moon versus new moon nights. Bat activity generally peaked at all sites in the early evenings independent of lunar phase, suggesting that foraging just after sunset may be adaptive. Ambient temperature had a negative effect on bat activity at all sites and bats were not active when temperatures were >35 degrees C or <= 11 degrees C, but bat activity peaked during the summer months. Despite differences in temperatures across sites, community composition was not related to altitude. Long-term monitoring of desert bat activity and species richness is important not only for addressing large knowledge gaps about the population trends and behaviours of these Namibian species and about bats in arid landscapes more generally, but also for informing local bat conservation efforts across a range of environmental conditions.
英文关键词	Acoustic monitoring bat activity echolocation Namib Desert seasonality
类型	Article ; Early Access
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000761531500001
WOS关键词	FREE-TAILED BATS ; INSECTIVOROUS BATS ; HABITAT USE ; ACTIVITY PATTERNS ; CHIROPTERA ; FOREST ; PREY ; AVAILABILITY ; MOLOSSIDAE ; MOONLIGHT
WOS类目	Ecology
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/377215
作者单位	[Mushabati, Lina M.; Eiseb, Seth J.] Univ Namibia, Sch Sci, Dept Environm Sci, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia; [Eiseb, Seth J.] Natl Museum Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia; [Benda, Petr] Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Zool, Prague 1, Czech Republic; [Benda, Petr] Charles Univ Prague, Dept Zool, Prague, Czech Republic; [Benda, Petr] Czech Univ Life Sci, Fac Forestry & Wood Sci, Kamycka 129, Prague 16521, Czech Republic; [Laverty, Theresa M.] Colorado State Univ, Dept Fish Wildlife & Conservat Biol, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; [Laverty, Theresa M.] Univ Chicago, Dept Ecol & Evolut, Chicago, IL 60637 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mushabati, Lina M.,Eiseb, Seth J.,Benda, Petr,et al. Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia[J],2022.
APA	Mushabati, Lina M.,Eiseb, Seth J.,Benda, Petr,&Laverty, Theresa M..(2022).Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia.AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY.
MLA	Mushabati, Lina M.,et al."Effects of lunar phase and temperature on bat activity and species richness at varying altitudes in the Kunene Region, Namibia".AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (2022).