Roosting ecology, reproduction, and population fluctuations of three Hipposideros species (Chiroptera) in Indonesian caves
Abstract
Hipposideros spp. are insectivorous bats and karst cave dwellers. This study aimed to study the roosting ecology, reproduction, and population fluctuations of three species H. diadema, H. larvatus, and H. ater in Gunung Sewu Karst region, Indonesia. Age and reproductive status of individuals were identified and analyzed using a combination of forearm length (FA) and body mass grades (W). Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the correlation between population size, rainfall and population structure based on FA, reproductive status, and W. Crude birth rate (CBR) and general fertility rate (GFR) were used to determine the population’s birth rate and female fertility. The results showed that the population of the three Hipposideros species were quite stable over the year with a peak in January which classified them as monoestrous, with mating, pregnancy, and lactation occurring once a year with no delay between mating and pregnancy. Pregnancy lasted 8–12 weeks and lactation 4–5 weeks. The population structure of the three species tended to be stable over the year. The CBR and GFR values can be used for rapid assessment guidelines in an area.
Funding source: Universitas Gadjah Mada
Award Identifier / Grant number: the 2022 Batch II Final Recognition Project fundin
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the Head of the Ecology and Conservation Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada and the Biology Research Laboratory, FMIPA, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta for their support in terms of research facilities. Moreover, we would also like to express our gratitude to the BSG Biospeleology Studien Gruppen, the UNY Biospeleology Study Group, who assisted us in collecting the field data.
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Research ethics: The capture of bats was conducted under the auspices of the collection permit from the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, UGM No: 007/EC-FKH/Eks./2022.
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Informed consent: Not applicable.
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Author contributions: TBPP conceptualized the study and curated data with the help of IM, SH, and SP. TBPP designed the formal analyses under supervision from IM . TBPP conducted fieldwork and wrote the first manuscript draft. SH, IM, and SP reviewed the article. All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.
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Research funding: The 2022 Batch II Final Recognition Project funding with contract No. 5722/UN1.P.III/Dit.Lit/PT.01.05/2022 from Universitas Gadjah Mada.
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Data availability: Not applicable.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Conservation
- Demographic characteristics of the endangered Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia (Bovidae: Caprini) in the fenced Amassine reserve, Western High Atlas range, Morocco
- Rediscovery of a population of the plains spotted skunk, Spilogale interrupta, a species of conservation concern, from southern Texas, USA
- Ecology
- Ecology, distribution and habitat suitability analysis of the North African sengi (Petrosaltator rozeti, Macroscelidea, Afrotheria) in Tunisia
- New data on the poorly known Andean rodent Abrocoma uspallata (Rodentia: Abrocomidae)
- Complex reproductive and migratory patterns in the European free-tailed bat (Tadarida teniotis) (Molossidae)
- Roosting ecology, reproduction, and population fluctuations of three Hipposideros species (Chiroptera) in Indonesian caves
- Exploring mammalian diversity in a human-modified landscape: insights from a small Cerrado fragment surrounded by silviculture
- Evolutionary Biology
- Cytogenetic data from remote areas of Amazon: new karyotypes for spiny rats (Rodentia: Echimyidae)
- Pigmentation anomalies and lesions in bats from Oaxaca, Mexico
- Camera trapping reveals the reddish phenotype of jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) on the western border of Brazilian Pantanal
- First record of a white phenotype Egyptian weasel (Mustela subpalmata) in Tahta, Sohag, Egypt
- Biogeography
- First record of the spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta in Egypt during the past 5,000 years
- First records and extension of the geographic distribution of Cynomops kuizha (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the Colombian Caribbean