Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes

B Maas, DS Karp, S Bumrungsri, K Darras… - Biological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding distribution patterns and multitrophic interactions is critical for managing bat‐
and bird‐mediated ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest and non‐pest …

The evolution of bat pollination: a phylogenetic perspective

TH Fleming, C Geiselman, WJ Kress - Annals of botany, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Most tropical and subtropical plants are biotically pollinated, and insects are the
major pollinators. A small but ecologically and economically important group of plants …

[HTML][HTML] The critical importance of Old World fruit bats for healthy ecosystems and economies

SA Aziz, KR McConkey, K Tanalgo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

Pollination by the locally endangered island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) enhances fruit production of the economically important durian (Durio zibethinus)

SA Aziz, GR Clements, KR McConkey… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fruit bats provide valuable pollination services to humans through a unique coevolutionary
relationship with chiropterophilous plants. However, chiropterophily in the Old World and the …

The pollination ecology of durian (Durio zibethinus, Bombacaceae) in southern Thailand

S Bumrungsri, E Sripaoraya, T Chongsiri… - Journal of Tropical …, 2009 - cambridge.org
The floral biology and pollination ecology of durian, Durio zibethinus, were determined in
eight semi-wild trees in mixed-fruit orchards in southern Thailand during April-May 2003 and …

Predicting the current and future suitable habitat distribution of the medicinal tree Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz in India

D Kumar, S Rawat, R Joshi - Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Identifying the distributional range and climatically suitable habitat of a species are crucial
for developing an effective conservation strategy. This study aims to simulate the current …

[HTML][HTML] The role of bats in pollination networks is influenced by landscape structure

T Sritongchuay, AC Hughes, S Bumrungsri - Global ecology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nectarivorous bats are essential to the functioning to both agricultural and natural
ecosystems in the tropics, yet these pollinator communities are declining as a result of …

The dawn bat, Eonycteris spelaea Dobson (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) feeds mainly on pollen of economically important food plants in Thailand

S Bumrungsri, D Lang, C Harrower… - Acta …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The diet of E. spelaea was determined for bats captured monthly between June 2002–June
2003 at a cave entrance in Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand. Faecal analysis and …

[HTML][HTML] Pollination implications of the diverse diet of tropical nectar-feeding bats roosting in an urban cave

VC Lim, R Ramli, S Bhassu, JJ Wilson - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
Background Intense landscaping often alters the plant composition in urban areas. Knowing
which plant species that pollinators are visiting in urban areas is necessary for …

Flower‐visiting bat species contribute unequally toward agricultural pollination ecosystem services in southern Thailand

AB Stewart, MR Dudash - Biotropica, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The large majority of angiosperm species depend on animals for pollination, including many
agricultural crops, and plant‐pollinator interactions have been extensively studied. However …