TY - JOUR
T1 - Macaregua
T2 - The cave with the highest bat richness in Colombia
AU - Pérez-Torres, Jairo
AU - Martínez-Medina, Daniela
AU - Peñuela-Salgado, Mónica
AU - Ríos-Blanco, María Cristina
AU - Estrada-Villegas, Sergio
AU - Martínez-Luque, Leonardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Bats provide crucial ecosystem services like pest control and pollination and depend heavily on roost quality for their survival. Bats favor caves for the establishment of large populations thanks to favorable microclimatic conditions. Colombia has an important cave system in the Santander region that has not been fully explored, thus its importance for bat conservation remains largely unknown. Here we report the most updated list of the species present in the Macaregua Cave (Santander, Colombia) and comment on its use by different species. We found eight species that use the cave permanently or sporadically in addition to two previously known species. We also found a high population that ranges between 7,000-10,000 individuals. Macaregua Cave can now be recognized as the most bat-diverse (S = 10)cave in Colombia, harboring an important bat population of pest controllers and seed dispersers.
AB - Bats provide crucial ecosystem services like pest control and pollination and depend heavily on roost quality for their survival. Bats favor caves for the establishment of large populations thanks to favorable microclimatic conditions. Colombia has an important cave system in the Santander region that has not been fully explored, thus its importance for bat conservation remains largely unknown. Here we report the most updated list of the species present in the Macaregua Cave (Santander, Colombia) and comment on its use by different species. We found eight species that use the cave permanently or sporadically in addition to two previously known species. We also found a high population that ranges between 7,000-10,000 individuals. Macaregua Cave can now be recognized as the most bat-diverse (S = 10)cave in Colombia, harboring an important bat population of pest controllers and seed dispersers.
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U2 - 10.15560/11.2.1616
DO - 10.15560/11.2.1616
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84982718959
SN - 1809-127X
VL - 11
JO - Check List
JF - Check List
IS - 2
M1 - 1616
ER -