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Water bodies are a critical foraging habitat for insectivorous batsin tropical agricultural landscapes of central Thailand |
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| Creator | 1. Piyaporn Suksai 2. Sara Bumrungsri |
| Title | Water bodies are a critical foraging habitat for insectivorous batsin tropical agricultural landscapes of central Thailand |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2563 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 42 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 521-532 |
| Keyword | acoustic monitoring, bat activity, habitat use, hot dry season, limestone forest, paddy field, water bodies |
| URL Website | https://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/index.php |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | Agricultural intensification and homogenization of land use are known to have a negative impact on biodiversity. Batactivity was monitored in five land use types that included paddy fields, field crops, forests, settlements, and water bodies fromNovember 2015 to October 2016 in central Thailand. We recorded 37,610 one-minute intervals with bat calls and 623 feedingbuzzes that represented 16 bat species. Bat foraging activity was dominated by open space and edge species. Bat activity wassignificantly higher over water bodies but was not correlated with insect biomass. There was a significantly higher bat activityindex (two-fold) in the hot-dry season than at other times, especially over water bodies. This pattern was obvious in Myotissiligorensis, Taphozous melanopogon, and Chaerephon plicatus. High feeding activity during the hot-dry season could reflecthigher nutrient and water demand of lactating females. Maintaining water bodies and forest patches in farmland is important forbat conservation. |
