Bats

Dietary and body mass reconstruction of the Miocene neotropical bat Notonycteris magdalenensis (Phyllostomidae) from La Venta, Colombia

Camilo Lopez-Aguirre, Nicholas J Czaplewski, Andres Link, Masanaru Takai, Suzanne J Hand

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.09.418491v1

The authors have attempted to predict the diet of an extinct bat species based on its dental topography. It is an interesting approach to compare extinct and extant taxa that are evolutionarily related and could provide insights into understanding dietary evolution in these species

On a wing and a prayer: limitations and gaps in global bat wing morphology trait data

Matt Crane, Inês Silva, Matthew J. Grainger, George A. Gale

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.07.414276v1

A review of bat-wing research. Provides insights on what we know and what must be done to bridge the gaps in this field of research. Has potential implications for improving datasets for researches who aim to do comparative research from a wide range of species across the globe

Surveying the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) serum proteome: a resource for identifying immunological proteins and detecting pathogens

Benjamin A. Neely, Michael G. Janech, M. Brock Fenton, Nancy B. Simmons, Alison M. Bland, Daniel J. Becker

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.04.411660v1

Diversity in olfactory receptor repertoires is associated with dietary specialization in a genus of frugivorous bat

Laurel R. Yohe, Leith B. Leiser-Miller, Zofia A. Kaliszewska, Paul Donat, Sharlene E. Santana, Liliana M. Dávalos

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.31.424977v1

Social behaviour and vocalizations of the tent-roosting Honduran White Bat

Ahana Aurora Fernandez, Christian Schmidt, Stefanie Schmidt, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera, Mirjam Knörnschild

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.01.433334v1

On a wing and a prayer: limitations and gaps in global bat wing morphology trait data

Matt Crane, Inês Silva, Matthew J. Grainger, George A. Gale

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.07.414276v1

Disentangling interactions among mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community

Daniel J. Becker, Kelly A. Speer, Jennifer M. Korstian, Dmitriy V. Volokhov, Hannah F. Droke, Alexis M. Brown, Catherene L. Baijnauth, Ticha Padgett-Stewart, Hugh G. Broders, Raina K. Plowright, Thomas R. Rainwater, M. Brock Fenton, Nancy B. Simmons, Matthew M. Chumchal

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.12.135475v2

Temperature-dependent use of daily torpor attenuates the energetic consequences of habitat selection for a widespread bat

Jesse M. Alston, Michael E. Dillon, Douglas A. Keinath, Ian M. Abernethy, Jacob R. Goheen

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.06.434212v1

Influence of local landscape and time of year on bat-road collision risks

Charlotte Roemer, Aurélie Coulon, Thierry Disca, Yves Bas

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.15.204115v3

Effect of land use, habitat suitability, and hurricanes on the population connectivity of an endemic insular bat

Camilo A. Calderón-Acevedo, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, J. Angel Soto-Centeno

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.18.423522v1

Inflight head stabilization associated with wingbeat cycle and sonar emissions in the Egyptian fruit bat

Jackson Rossborough, Angeles Salles, Laura Stidsholt, Peter Madsen, Cynthia F. Moss, Larry F. Hoffman

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.15.341545v1