Title
Bats as prey
Date Issued
01 January 2023
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres::texto::libro::capítulo de libro
Author(s)
Mikula P.
Lučan R.K.
Pellón J.J.
Pellón J.J.
Valdez J.W.
Fenton B.
Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Charles University
Instituto de Ecología, UNAM
Museo de Historia Natural, Lima
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Western University
Abstract
Bats are one of the most diverse mammalian groups and an important component of global ecosystems and food webs. These nocturnal mammals are usually perceived as agile predators with few natural enemies, ignoring that bats can form one of the largest aggregations of mammals, becoming a tempting prey for other animals. Accumulating evidence reveals that bats may also be a prey and be an important source of food for other animals. Here, we focus on providing a short review of bat predators, biological aspects that make them attractive to predators, their behavioral responses to predation, and potential evolutionary consequences of predation for bat nocturnality. We also briefly identify important topics for future research on interactions between bats and their predators.
Start page
157
End page
171
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85189591454
Resource of which it is part
A Natural History of Bat Foraging Evolution Physiology Ecology Behavior and Conservation
ISBN of the container
[9780323972611, 9780323918206]
Sources of information:
Scopus
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