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Foraging and mating behaviors of Hypsignathus monstrosus at the bat-human interface in a central African rainforest.
Schloesing, Elodie; Caron, Alexandre; Chambon, Rémi; Courbin, Nicolas; Labadie, Morgane; Nina, Roch; Mouiti Mbadinga, Frida; Ngoubili, Wilfrid; Sandiala, Danficy; Bourgarel, Mathieu; De Nys, Hélène M; Cappelle, Julien.
Afiliação
  • Schloesing E; Faculté des Sciences Université de Montpellier Montpellier France.
  • Caron A; CIRAD, BIOS, UMR ASTRE Montpellier France.
  • Chambon R; Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Marien Ngouabi Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Courbin N; Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche Direction Générale de l'Elevage Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Labadie M; Ministère de l'Economie Forestière Direction de la Faune et des aires Protégées Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Nina R; CIRAD, BIOS, UMR ASTRE Montpellier France.
  • Mouiti Mbadinga F; Faculdade de Veterinaria Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Maputo Mozambique.
  • Ngoubili W; Université de Rennes 1, unité BOREA MNHN, CNRS 8067, SU, IRD 207, UCN UA Rennes France.
  • Sandiala D; Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 Université de Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier France.
  • Bourgarel M; Faculté des Sciences Université de Montpellier Montpellier France.
  • De Nys HM; CIRAD, BIOS, UMR ASTRE Montpellier France.
  • Cappelle J; Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Université Marien Ngouabi Brazzaville Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ecol Evol ; 13(7): e10240, 2023 Jul.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37424939
ABSTRACT
Studying wildlife space use in human-modified environments contributes to characterize wildlife-human interactions to assess potential risks of zoonotic-pathogens transmission, and to pinpoint conservation issues. In central African rainforests with human dwelling and activities, we conducted a telemetry study on a group of males of Hypsignathus monstrosus, a lek-mating fruit bat identified as a potential maintenance host for Ebola virus. During a lekking season in 2020, we investigated the foraging-habitat selection and the individual nighttime space use during both mating and foraging activities close to villages and their surrounding agricultural landscape. At night, marked individuals strongly selected agricultural lands and more generally areas near watercourses to forage, where they spent more time compared to forest ones. Furthermore, the probability and duration of the presence of bats in the lek during nighttime decreased with the distance to their roost site but remained relatively high within a 10 km radius. Individuals adjusted foraging behaviors according to mating activity by reducing both the overall time spent in foraging areas and the number of forest areas used to forage when they spent more time in the lek. Finally, the probability of a bat revisiting a foraging area in the following 48 hours increased with the previous time spent in that foraging area. These behaviors occurring close to or in human-modified habitats can trigger direct and indirect bat-human contacts, which could thus facilitate pathogen transmission such as Ebola virus.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: ENGLAND / ESCOCIA / GB / GREAT BRITAIN / INGLATERRA / REINO UNIDO / SCOTLAND / UK / UNITED KINGDOM

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: ENGLAND / ESCOCIA / GB / GREAT BRITAIN / INGLATERRA / REINO UNIDO / SCOTLAND / UK / UNITED KINGDOM