Selective logging shows no impact on the dietary breadth of a generalist bat species: The fawn leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros cervinus)

• Main Authors: Hemprich-Bennett, David R., Kemp, Victoria A., Blackman, Joshua, Lewis, Owen T., Struebig, Matthew J., Henry Bernard, Kratina, Pavel, Rossiter, Stephen J., Clare, Elizabeth L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: QL750-795 Animal behavior
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31877/2/Selective%20logging%20shows%20no%20impact%20on%20the%20dietary%20breadth%20of%20a%20generalist%20bat%20species%20The%20fawn%20leaf-nosed%20bat%20%28Hipposideros%20cervinus%29_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31877/1/Selective%20logging%20shows%20no%20impact%20on%20the%20dietary%20breadth%20of%20a%20generalist%20bat%20species%20The%20fawn%20leaf-nosed%20bat%20%28Hipposideros%20cervinus%29.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/31877/; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.750269/full; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.750269

Logging activities degrade forest habitats across large areas of the tropics, but the impacts on trophic interactions that underpin forest ecosystems are poorly understood. DNA metabarcoding provides an invaluable tool to investigate such interactions, allowing analysis at a far greater scale and re...