Thermal Imaging Reveals Significantly Smaller Brazilian Free-Tailed Bat Colonies Than Previously Estimated

How Does Africa's Most Hunted Bat Vary Across the Continent? Population Traits of the Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum) and Its Interactions with Humans

“…Furthermore, it should be noted that fitting simple mathematical models to field data requires a number of untested assumptions. Firstly, the model assumes that the number of bats emerging per minute follows a normal distribution over the period of emergence (including after dark - Betke et al, 2008;Hristov et al, 2010), yet this has not been explored for fruit bats. Secondly, given that predicted times to peak emergence (i.e., the inflection point of the logistic curve, t = 39-56 minutes after the first bats were observed emerging) are similar to the times at which observations were ceased (46-53 minutes), the model is highly sensitive to the accuracy of the counts at this point.…”

Local concentration of foraging noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) as a possible tool to assess the density of bats in large forest complexes

“…High concentrations of bats are usually observed in the vicinity of caves that are inhabited by large colonies (Betke et al, 2008;Horn and Kunz, 2008). Concentrations of species that roost in smaller groups (such as treedwelling bats) and are distributed over a larger area are less common.…”

Embryonic Staging System for the Black Mastiff Bat,Molossus rufus(Molossidae), Correlated With Structure‐Function Relationships in the Adult

“…For example, summer colonies of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) occupying some caves in the southwestern United States may be the largest aggregations of mammals in the world. These may have been even much larger in the recent past; however, there is uncertainty about the accuracy of historical population estimates (Betke et al, 2008). Molossid bats also differ significantly in habits, form and function from many other commonly studied bats.…”