Plant and Bat Interactions in West Africa

Ayensu, Edward S.

doi:10.2307/2395025

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“…However, it may be that the fruit bats simply show a stronger preference for feeding on mangoes (e.g. Ayensu 1974;Mahmood-Ul-Hassan et al 2010). It would thus be useful to compare the results of Verghese's (1998) study with a similar study in the adjacent mango orchard.…”

Section: Decoy Cropsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Conflict Between Pteropodid Bats and Fruit Growers: Species, Legislation and Mitigation

Aziz

Olival

Bumrungsri

et al. 2015

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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Pteropodid bats damage a wide range of fruit crops, exacerbated by continuing loss of their natural food as forests are cleared. In some countries where such damage occurs, bats are not legally protected. In others, as a result of pressure from fruit growers, legal protection is either not implemented or overridden by legislation specifically allowing the killing of bats. Lethal control is generally ineffective and often carried out with shotguns making it an animal welfare issue, as many more animals are injured or orphaned than are killed. Here, we review the literature and current state of the conflict between fruit growers and pteropodids and describe a wide range of potential mitigation techniques. We compile an extensive list of bats and the fruit crops on which they feed where this has resulted in conflicts, or could lead to conflict, with fruit growers. We also discuss the legal status of bats in some countries where such conflicts occur. We found the most effective means of preventing bat damage to crops is the use of fixed nets (that generally prevent entanglement) covering a whole orchard. Netting individual trees, or fruit panicles, using small net bags, is also effective. Management methods that assist netting include pruning to maintain low stature of trees. These

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Section: Decoy Cropsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Conflict Between Pteropodid Bats and Fruit Growers: Species, Legislation and Mitigation

Aziz

Olival

Bumrungsri

et al. 2015

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

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“…The colony dispersed in the dry period of July-August, many bats forming small, scattered roosts within 80 km of Kampala, but others presumably moving great distances north or south of the equator (Mutere, 1966(Mutere, , 1980. This species was entirely unknown at El Obeid, over 1400 km north of Kampala in the semi-arid central Sudan, until neem trees (Meliaceae: Azadirachta indica) were planted there, a tree whose fruit is favoured by many bats (Ayensu, 1974).…”

Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(Anacardiaceae), Trichilia emetica (Meliaceae), and Ficus sp. (Moraceae) (Baker and Harris, 1957;Rosevear;Ayensu, 1974;Poche, 1975;Thomas and Fenton, 1978;Marshall and McWilliam, 1982). Bats roosting in a neem tree (Meliaceae: Azadirachta indica), did not feed on its fruit (Ayensu, 1974).…”

Section: E G Gambianus Gambian Epauletted Fruit Batmentioning

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Old world fruit bats: an action plan for their conservation

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1992

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“…Les (Smnr H , 1957(Smnr H , , 1960CRANE et al, 1984), quelques-uns étant strictement régionaux : S OWUMNI , 1976 (V ERGERON , 1964 PnL, 1937 ;V OGEL , 1954V OGEL , , 1969A YENSU , 1974 BA K E R , 1975BA K E R , , 1983.…”

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