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has title	Fruit bats in flight: a look into the movements of the ecologically important Eidolon helvum in Tanzania
Creator	Kazwala, Rudovick Epstein, Jonathan Martínez-López, Beatriz Randhawa, Nistara Mazet, Jonna Bird, Brian Sijali, Zikankuba Smith, Woutrina Wolking, David Ekiri, Abel Kilonzo, Christopher Msigwa, Alphonce Samson, Aziza Vanwormer, Elizabeth
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abstract	BACKGROUND: Many ecologically important plants are pollinated or have their seeds dispersed by fruit bats, including the widely distributed African straw-colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum). Their ability to fly long distances makes them essential for connecting plant populations across fragmented landscapes. While bats have been implicated as a reservoir of infectious diseases, their role in disease transmission to humans is not well understood. In this pilot study, we tracked E. helvum to shed light on their movement patterns in Tanzania and possible contact with other species. METHODS: Tracking devices were deployed on 25 bats captured in the Morogoro Municipal and Kilombero District area near the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Nightly flight patterns, areas corresponding to foraging bouts and feeding roosts, and new day roosts were determined from bat movement data and characterized according to their proximity to urban built-up and protected areas. Sites for additional environmental surveillance using camera traps were identified via tracking data to determine species coming in contact with fruits discarded by bats. RESULTS: Tracking data revealed variability between individual bat movements and a fidelity to foraging areas. Bats were tracked from one to six nights, with a mean cumulative nightly flight distance of 26.14 km (min: 0.33, max: 97.57) based on data from high-resolution GPS tags. While the majority of their foraging locations were in or near urban areas, bats also foraged in protected areas, of which the Udzungwa Mountains National Park was the most frequented. Camera traps in fruit orchards frequented by tracked bats showed the presence of multiple species of wildlife, with vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) observed as directly handling and eating fruit discarded by bats. CONCLUSIONS: Because we observed multiple interactions of animals with fruits discarded by bats, specifically with vervet monkeys, the possibility of disease spillover risk exists via this indirect pathway. With flight distances of up to 97 km, however, the role of E. helvum in the seed dispersal of plants across both protected and urban built-up areas in Tanzania may be even more important, especially by helping connect increasingly fragmented landscapes during this Anthropocene epoch.
has issue date	2020-08-05(xsd:dateTime)
bibo:doi	10.1186/s42522-020-00020-9
bibo:pmid	32835170
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schema:url	https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-020-00020-9
resource representing a document's title	Fruit bats in flight: a look into the movements of the ecologically important Eidolon helvum in Tanzania
has PubMed Central identifier	PMC7402849
has PubMed identifier	32835170
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