Authors
James Kemp, Adrià López-Baucells, Ricardo Rocha, Owen Wangensteen, Zo Andriatafika, Abhilash Nair, Mar Cabeza
Publication date
2019
Journal
Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Volume
269
Issue
1
Description
The conversion of natural habitats to agriculture is one of the main drivers of biotic change. Madagascar is no exception and land-use change, mostly driven by slash-and-burn agriculture, is impacting the island's exceptional biodiversity. Although most species are negatively affected by agricultural expansion, some, such as synanthropic bats, are capable of exploring newly available resources and benefit from man-made agricultural ecosystems. As bats are known predators of agricultural pests it seems possible that Malagasy bats may be preferentially foraging within agricultural areas and therefore provide important pest suppression services. To investigate the potential role of bats as pest suppressors, we conducted acoustic surveys of insectivorous bats in and around Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, during November and December 2015. We surveyed five landcover types: irrigated rice, hillside rice …
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J Kemp, A López-Baucells, R Rocha, OS Wangensteen… - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2019