Fruit bat diversity patterns for assessing restoration success in reforestation areas in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 103637
Author(s):  
Jay S. Fidelino ◽  
Mariano Roy M. Duya ◽  
Melizar V. Duya ◽  
Perry S. Ong
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Diversity Patterns ◽  
Fruit Bat ◽  
Restoration Success ◽  
Bat Diversity

scholarly journals Parturition in Geoffroy’s Rousette Fruit Bat Rousettus amplexicaudatus Geoffroy, 1810 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Philippines

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 6502-6514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambre E. Delpopolo ◽  
Richard E. Sherwin ◽  
David L. Waldien ◽  
Lindsey C. George
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Fruit Bat

scholarly journals Chiroptera, mid-Calima River basin, Pacific slope of the Western Andes, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Check List ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Saavedra-Rodríguez ◽  
Vladimir Rojas-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Elevational Gradient ◽  
Diversity Patterns ◽  
The Andes ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Species Checklist ◽  
Biogeographical Regions ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
Valle Del Cauca ◽  
Bat Diversity

The Calima River Basin is part of the Chocó Biogeográfico Ecoregion in the Pacific Coast of Colombia. Here, we compile a bat species checklist recorded for the Basin and describe the bat diversity patterns found in the mid-Calima Basin (the gradient from 300 – 1,400 m a.s.l.). The checklist comprises 55 bat species for the Basin. In the mid-Calima, 31 bat species occur (permanently or seasonally). Our results show complementary diversity patterns of bat assemblages living below and above 1,000 m. We also identified an overlap zone between 800 – 1,200 m a.s.l. where at least three pairs of sister species coexists. The sampled area is located where the Chocó and the Andes biogeographical regions are connected. The Calima River Basin has high bat richness, high variation in species composition along the elevational gradient, and harbours threatened and endemic species, highlighting its importance for conservation. 

scholarly journals Seasonal Activity of Fruit Bats in a Monoculture Rubber and Oil Palm Plantation in the Southern Philippines

Conservation ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-270
Author(s):  
Krizler C. Tanalgo ◽  
Tuanjit Sritongchuay ◽  
Alice C. Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Rubber Plantation ◽  
Seasonal Activity ◽  
Fruit Bats ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Tropical Biodiversity ◽  
Fruit Bat

The increasing expansion of monoculture plantations poses a major threat to Asian tropical biodiversity. Yet, in many countries such as the Philippines, the ability of species to persist within plantations has never been explored. We studied the seasonal activity and response of fruit bats in two types of monocultural plantations (rubber and oil palm) in the Southern Philippines from 2016–17 for 12 months. Our mist-netting and monitoring data showed that both plantations can support cosmopolitan species of fruit bats (Cynopterus brachyotis, Eonycteris spelaea, Macroglossus minimus, Ptenochirus jagori, and Rousettus amplexicaudatus), yet a significant variation in the abundance and guild distribution between plantations was observed. Rubber hosted a higher bat abundance than oil palm, which may be influenced by better habitat structure of the matrix (e.g., presence of orchard and fruit plantations) and practices occurring in the rubber plantation. We find that, among seasonal climatic variables, temperature showed significant negative effects on fruit bat abundance. Our results suggest that although monoculture plantations host low diversity (i.e., richness and endemism) they still support generalists which are still ecologically important species. Furthermore, wildlife-friendly commercial plantation practices could both enhance economic growth and biodiversity conservation in the Philippines. Our data both provide the potential for long-term monitoring in the Philippines and highlight the need for more comprehensive monitoring of other bat functional groups and their ability to transverse plantations to provide a more in-depth understanding of the roles and impacts of plantations and other land-use changes.

Bat diversity in tropical forest and agro-pastoral habitats within a protected area in the Philippines

2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi L. Sedlock ◽  
Sarah E. Weyandt ◽  
Laura Cororan ◽  
Marin Damerow ◽  
Shi-Hsia Hwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Forest ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Bat Diversity

Plant diversity patterns in remnant forests and exotic tree species-based reforestation in active limestones quarries in the Luzon and Mindanao biogeographic sub-regions in the Philippines

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Michael Galindon ◽  
Bonifacio Pasion ◽  
Ma. Dolores Tongco ◽  
Jay Fidelino ◽  
Mariano Roy Duya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Diversity Patterns ◽  
Exotic Tree

Disaster Medicine Training in the Philippines

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S27
Author(s):  
Teodoro Javier Herbosa
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Disaster Medicine
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