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Bats use live fences to move between tropical dry forest remnants |
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| Authors: | José G Martínez-Fonseca Marlon Chávez-Velásquez Kimberly Williams-Guillen Carol L Chambers |
| Institution: | 1. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA;2. School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Paso Pacifico, Ventura, CA, USA |
| Abstract: | Linear features can benefit wildlife by assisting animal movement. We captured bats along barbed-wire and live-tree fences connecting tropical dry forest patches in Nicaragua. Bat species richness and captures were higher along live fences but we noted differences in sex ratios, richness, and species composition compared to surrounding natural forests. |
| Keywords: | Chiroptera connectivity forest patches hedgerow Lophostoma brasiliensis Phyllostomidae |