Bats are the second most diverse mammalian group, playing keystone roles in ecosystems
but also act as reservoir hosts for numerous pathogens. Due to their colonial habits which …

Pressures from anthropogenic disturbances have triggered a wealth of studies focusing on
the assessment and mitigation of the negative impacts of these disturbances on inter and …

Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

Bats are known reservoir hosts for a wide variety of parasites and pathogens, including
bacteria and protozoans. Some of these pathogens are vector‐borne, and although their …

This paper describes and illustrates a new species of Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota,
Laboulbeniomycetes) recovered from Mastoptera guimaraesi bat flies (Diptera, Streblidae) …

Bat flies are one of the most abundant ectoparasites of bats, showing remarkable
morphological adaptations to the parasitic habit, while the relationship with their hosts is …

Bats are natural reservoir hosts of highly virulent pathogens such as Marburg virus, Nipah
virus, and SARS coronavirus. However, little is known about the role of bat ectoparasites in …

Bat flies (Hippoboscoidea: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) are obligate hematophagous
ectoparasites of bats. We collected streblid bat flies from the New World (México) and the …

Suitable habitat fragment size, isolation, and distance from a source are important variables
influencing community composition of plants and animals, but the role of these …

Humans continue to encroach on the habitats of wild animals, potentially bringing different
species into contact that would not typically encounter each other under natural …