Social convergence of gut microbiomes in vampire bats
Biol Lett. 2021 Nov;17(11):20210389. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0389. Epub 2021 Nov 3.ABSTRACTThe 'social microbiome' can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to confounding effects of kinship and shared environments (e.g. highly associated individuals often share the same spaces, food and water). Here, we report evidence for convergence towards a social microbiome among introduced common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a highly social species in which adults feed only on blood, and engage in both mouth-to-body a...
Source: Biology Letters - November 3, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: Karthik Yarlagadda Imran Razik Ripan S Malhi Gerald G Carter Source Type: research
Social convergence of gut microbiomes in vampire bats
Biol Lett. 2021 Nov;17(11):20210389. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0389. Epub 2021 Nov 3.ABSTRACTThe 'social microbiome' can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to confounding effects of kinship and shared environments (e.g. highly associated individuals often share the same spaces, food and water). Here, we report evidence for convergence towards a social microbiome among introduced common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a highly social species in which adults feed only on blood, and engage in both mouth-to-body a...
Source: Biology Letters - November 3, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: Karthik Yarlagadda Imran Razik Ripan S Malhi Gerald G Carter Source Type: research
Social convergence of gut microbiomes in vampire bats
Biol Lett. 2021 Nov;17(11):20210389. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0389. Epub 2021 Nov 3.ABSTRACTThe 'social microbiome' can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to confounding effects of kinship and shared environments (e.g. highly associated individuals often share the same spaces, food and water). Here, we report evidence for convergence towards a social microbiome among introduced common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a highly social species in which adults feed only on blood, and engage in both mouth-to-body a...
Source: Biology Letters - November 3, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: Karthik Yarlagadda Imran Razik Ripan S Malhi Gerald G Carter Source Type: research
Social convergence of gut microbiomes in vampire bats
Biol Lett. 2021 Nov;17(11):20210389. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0389. Epub 2021 Nov 3.ABSTRACTThe 'social microbiome' can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to confounding effects of kinship and shared environments (e.g. highly associated individuals often share the same spaces, food and water). Here, we report evidence for convergence towards a social microbiome among introduced common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a highly social species in which adults feed only on blood, and engage in both mouth-to-body a...
Source: Biology Letters - November 3, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: Karthik Yarlagadda Imran Razik Ripan S Malhi Gerald G Carter Source Type: research
Social convergence of gut microbiomes in vampire bats
Biol Lett. 2021 Nov;17(11):20210389. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0389. Epub 2021 Nov 3.ABSTRACTThe 'social microbiome' can fundamentally shape the costs and benefits of group-living, but understanding social transmission of microbes in free-living animals is challenging due to confounding effects of kinship and shared environments (e.g. highly associated individuals often share the same spaces, food and water). Here, we report evidence for convergence towards a social microbiome among introduced common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus, a highly social species in which adults feed only on blood, and engage in both mouth-to-body a...
Source: Biology Letters - November 3, 2021 Category: Biology Authors: Karthik Yarlagadda Imran Razik Ripan S Malhi Gerald G Carter Source Type: research
Molecular detection and genotype diversity of hemoplasmas in non-hematophagous bats and associated ectoparasites sampled in peri-urban areas from Brazil
Acta Trop. 2021 Oct 21:106203. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106203. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHemoplasmas have already been detected in bats in the United States of America, Spain, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Germany, Switzerland and New Caledonia. The recent detection of hemoplasmas closely related to Mycoplasma haematohominis, an agent causing disease in humans, emphasizes the need for additional studies on the diversity of hemoplasmas in bats. The present work aimed to investigate the occurrence and assess the phylogenetic positioning and genetic diversity of hemoplasmas in bats a...
Source: Acta Tropica - October 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Priscila Ikeda Jaire Marinho Torres Elizabete Captivo Louren ço Gregory F Albery Heitor Miraglia Herrera Carina Elisei de Oliveira Rosangela Zacarias Machado Marcos Rog ério André Source Type: research
Molecular detection and genotype diversity of hemoplasmas in non-hematophagous bats and associated ectoparasites sampled in peri-urban areas from Brazil
Acta Trop. 2021 Oct 21:106203. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106203. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHemoplasmas have already been detected in bats in the United States of America, Spain, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Germany, Switzerland and New Caledonia. The recent detection of hemoplasmas closely related to Mycoplasma haematohominis, an agent causing disease in humans, emphasizes the need for additional studies on the diversity of hemoplasmas in bats. The present work aimed to investigate the occurrence and assess the phylogenetic positioning and genetic diversity of hemoplasmas in bats a...
Source: Acta Tropica - October 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Priscila Ikeda Jaire Marinho Torres Elizabete Captivo Louren ço Gregory F Albery Heitor Miraglia Herrera Carina Elisei de Oliveira Rosangela Zacarias Machado Marcos Rog ério André Source Type: research
Nation-wide assessment of the distribution and population size of the data-deficient nurse shark ( < i > Ginglymostoma cirratum < /i > )
by Francesco Garzon, Rachel T. Graham, Ivy Baremore, Dan Castellanos, Hilmar Salazar, Cynthia Xiu, Zeddy Seymour, Matthew J. Witt, Lucy A. Hawkes
The study presents the first national assessment of a nurse shark(Ginglymostoma cirratum) population, conducted using a combination of transect surveys and baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs). Density of nurse sharks in Belize was found to be higher in reefs than in lagoons, and in the atolls furthest away from the mainland and human settlements. Only large and old protected areas were found to have a positive impact on nurse shark abundance. Absolute abundance of nurse shar...
Source: PLoS One - August 24, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Francesco Garzon Source Type: research
Sexual dimorphism in bat wing morphology — variation among foraging styles
Canadian Journal of Zoology, Ahead of Print. Sexual dimorphism can lead to differences in foraging style among conspecifics due to morphological differences. Within bats, maneuverability and speed of flight are influenced by wing shape and size, which may differ between sexes. Female bats gain about 30% of their body mass during pregnancy, affecting their agility and flight efficiency. To fill the same foraging niche as males, pregnant female bats would require wing size and (or) shape modifications to maintain maneuverability. We investigated sexual dimorphism in bat wing morphology and how it varies among foraging guil...
Source: Canadian Journal of Zoology - August 14, 2021 Category: Zoology Authors: D.G. Maucieri A.J. Ashbaugh J.M. Theodor Source Type: research
The Development of a Novel International Elective in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
This article describes the development of an international rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation including specific competency-based physical medicine and rehabilitation global health learning objectives, predeparture training, rotation structure, and postrotation feedback mechanisms. The aim is to present the development of the program as a resource for both residents and program directors to help create and maximize existing rotations at their own institutions. Learners must complete predeparture requirements that include completion of a musculoskeletal rotation and global health didactics intended to provide ...
Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - July 28, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Education & Administration Source Type: research
Cultivating health: diabetes resilience through neo-traditional farming in Mopan Maya communities of Belize
This article is based on long-term ethnographic research and interviews in Maya Mountains Reservation (MMR) communities in southern Belize, an area with low diabetes prevalence relative to national and global populations. Research participants see lower rates of diabetes in the MMR as the result of neo-traditional peasant and subsistence farming on ancestral lands. Good metabolic health represents the embodiment of food systems that routinize healthy material and social relationships to the landscape. This research suggests that diabetes is endemic to modern food systems and proposes neo-traditional food ways as a societal...
Source: Agriculture and Human Values - July 28, 2021 Category: Food Science Source Type: research
Variable tropical moisture and food availability underlie mixed winter space-use strategies in a migratory songbird
Proc Biol Sci. 2021 Jul 28;288(1955):20211220. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1220. Epub 2021 Jul 21.ABSTRACTIdentifying environmental correlates driving space-use strategies can be critical for predicting population dynamics; however, such information can be difficult to attain for small mobile species such as migratory songbirds. We combined radio-telemetry and high-resolution GPS tracking to examine space-use strategies under different moisture gradients for wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). We explored the role moisture plays in driving food abundance and, in turn, space-use strategies at a wintering site in Belize across 3 ...
Source: Biol Sci Space - July 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Calandra Q Stanley Michele R Dudash Thomas B Ryder W Gregory Shriver Peter P Marra Source Type: research
Variable tropical moisture and food availability underlie mixed winter space-use strategies in a migratory songbird
Proc Biol Sci. 2021 Jul 28;288(1955):20211220. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1220. Epub 2021 Jul 21.ABSTRACTIdentifying environmental correlates driving space-use strategies can be critical for predicting population dynamics; however, such information can be difficult to attain for small mobile species such as migratory songbirds. We combined radio-telemetry and high-resolution GPS tracking to examine space-use strategies under different moisture gradients for wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). We explored the role moisture plays in driving food abundance and, in turn, space-use strategies at a wintering site in Belize across 3 ...
Source: Biol Sci Space - July 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Calandra Q Stanley Michele R Dudash Thomas B Ryder W Gregory Shriver Peter P Marra Source Type: research
Variable tropical moisture and food availability underlie mixed winter space-use strategies in a migratory songbird
Proc Biol Sci. 2021 Jul 28;288(1955):20211220. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1220. Epub 2021 Jul 21.ABSTRACTIdentifying environmental correlates driving space-use strategies can be critical for predicting population dynamics; however, such information can be difficult to attain for small mobile species such as migratory songbirds. We combined radio-telemetry and high-resolution GPS tracking to examine space-use strategies under different moisture gradients for wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). We explored the role moisture plays in driving food abundance and, in turn, space-use strategies at a wintering site in Belize across 3 ...
Source: Biol Sci Space - July 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Calandra Q Stanley Michele R Dudash Thomas B Ryder W Gregory Shriver Peter P Marra Source Type: research
Variable tropical moisture and food availability underlie mixed winter space-use strategies in a migratory songbird
Proc Biol Sci. 2021 Jul 28;288(1955):20211220. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1220. Epub 2021 Jul 21.ABSTRACTIdentifying environmental correlates driving space-use strategies can be critical for predicting population dynamics; however, such information can be difficult to attain for small mobile species such as migratory songbirds. We combined radio-telemetry and high-resolution GPS tracking to examine space-use strategies under different moisture gradients for wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). We explored the role moisture plays in driving food abundance and, in turn, space-use strategies at a wintering site in Belize across 3 ...
Source: Biol Sci Space - July 21, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Calandra Q Stanley Michele R Dudash Thomas B Ryder W Gregory Shriver Peter P Marra Source Type: research
