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- Title
Bats found entangled in natural and artificial traps.
- Authors
Jacomassa, Fábio André Facco; Pacheco, Susi Missel; Miranda, João Marcelo Deliberador; de Oliveira, Kleber Pinto Antunes
- Abstract
Here, we report cases of bats entangled in natural and artificial traps in Brazil. We found 10 bats entangled in barbed wire, including one Artibeus fimbriatus (dead), one each of Artibeus lituratus, Lasiurus blossevillii and Lasiurus cinereus (alive), one L. blossevilli and five Myotis levis (mummified) and one Eptesicus diminutus entangled on adhesive spines in a branch. All were adult bats. Although we cannot control the occurrence of natural traps, we can suggest actions to mitigate negative effects of man-made structures. The most economic and effective way to mitigate these negative effects is to use plain wire to construct fences.
- Subjects
BAT mortality; BAT conservation; ARTIBEUS; WILDLIFE conservation; INSECT ecology
- Publication
Mammalia: International Journal of the Systematics, Biology & Ecology of Mammals, 2018, Vol 82, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0025-1461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/mammalia-2016-0088