Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation
Abstract Habitat loss and fragmentation have enormous impacts on biodiversity and tree plantations can help alleviate these impacts. We study bat assemblage, as well as the diet of frugivorous bats in a managed <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantation of sustainable use in Rio Claro, São P...
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| author | FÁBIO ANDRÉ F. JACOMASSA VANESSA F.C. BORTOLOTTI PEDRO HENRIQUE MIGUEL MARCO AURÉLIO PIZO |
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| description | Abstract Habitat loss and fragmentation have enormous impacts on biodiversity and tree plantations can help alleviate these impacts. We study bat assemblage, as well as the diet of frugivorous bats in a managed <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantation of sustainable use in Rio Claro, São Paulo state, Brazil. We captured 86 bats of nine species, where five species of them ate 17 plant species, mostly pioneers (93.7%). Three species were most dominant, frequent and important in seed dispersal: seba’s short-tailed bat (<italic>Carollia perspicillata</italic>), great fruit-eating bat (<italic>Artibeus lituratus</italic>), and little yellow-shouldered bat (<italic>Sturnira lilium</italic>). These species are the most abundant and main seed dispersers in Brazil. Compared to literature data from other <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantations, we concluded that our studied <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> area with understory and emerging regenerating native species provided greater diversity than in areas where <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> is used commercially and the understory vegetation is constantly altered; the fruits exploited by these three bat species demonstrates their ability to adapt to food availability and coexist with other species; <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> forests cannot be considered as biological deserts if they are not managed so intensively as in commercial plantations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e34ec97b14d4aa0a3b18b0d13ab06a82025-07-15T07:42:27ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902025-07-0197310.1590/0001-3765202520241169Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantationFÁBIO ANDRÉ F. JACOMASSAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0488-4213VANESSA F.C. BORTOLOTTIhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-6618-7101PEDRO HENRIQUE MIGUELhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-9184MARCO AURÉLIO PIZOhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-0371Abstract Habitat loss and fragmentation have enormous impacts on biodiversity and tree plantations can help alleviate these impacts. We study bat assemblage, as well as the diet of frugivorous bats in a managed <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantation of sustainable use in Rio Claro, São Paulo state, Brazil. We captured 86 bats of nine species, where five species of them ate 17 plant species, mostly pioneers (93.7%). Three species were most dominant, frequent and important in seed dispersal: seba’s short-tailed bat (<italic>Carollia perspicillata</italic>), great fruit-eating bat (<italic>Artibeus lituratus</italic>), and little yellow-shouldered bat (<italic>Sturnira lilium</italic>). These species are the most abundant and main seed dispersers in Brazil. Compared to literature data from other <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> plantations, we concluded that our studied <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> area with understory and emerging regenerating native species provided greater diversity than in areas where <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> is used commercially and the understory vegetation is constantly altered; the fruits exploited by these three bat species demonstrates their ability to adapt to food availability and coexist with other species; <italic>Eucalyptus</italic> forests cannot be considered as biological deserts if they are not managed so intensively as in commercial plantations.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652025000301006&lng=en&tlng=enAtlantic Forestbat-plant interactionsCerradopioneer speciessurvey |
| spellingShingle | FÁBIO ANDRÉ F. JACOMASSA VANESSA F.C. BORTOLOTTI PEDRO HENRIQUE MIGUEL MARCO AURÉLIO PIZO Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Atlantic Forest bat-plant interactions Cerrado pioneer species survey |
| title | Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation |
| title_full | Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation |
| title_fullStr | Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation |
| title_short | Bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a Eucalyptus plantation |
| title_sort | bat assemblage and its frugivorous diet in a eucalyptus plantation |
| topic | Atlantic Forest bat-plant interactions Cerrado pioneer species survey |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652025000301006&lng=en&tlng=en |
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