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Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012-related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe by Annan, Augustina, Baldwin, Heather J, Corman, Victor Max, Klose, Stefan M, Owusu, Michael, Nkrumah, Evans Ewald, Badu, Ebenezer Kofi, Anti, Priscilla, Agbenyega, Olivia, Meyer, Benjamin, Oppong, Samuel, Sarkodie, Yaw Adu, Kalko, Elisabeth K V, Lina, Peter H C, Godlevska, Elena V, Reusken, Chantal, Seebens, Antje, Gloza-Rausch, Florian, Vallo, Peter, Tschapka, Marco, Drosten, Christian, Drexler, Jan Felix

“…We screened fecal specimens of 4,758 bats from Ghana and 272 bats from 4 European countries for betacoronaviruses. Viruses related to the novel human…”
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Mother–offspring recognition in the bat Carollia perspicillata by Knörnschild, Mirjam, Feifel, Marion, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V.

“…Parental care is crucial for offspring survival in many taxa but its burden and costs are often not equally distributed between the sexes. In bats, the…”
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Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions by Socher, Stephanie A., Prati, Daniel, Boch, Steffen, Müller, Jörg, Baumbach, Henryk, Gockel, Sonja, Hemp, Andreas, Schöning, Ingo, Wells, Konstans, Buscot, François, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Linsenmair, Karl Eduard, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Fischer, Markus

“…The relationship of different types of grassland use with plant species richness and composition (functional groups of herbs, legumes, and grasses) has so far…”
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High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests by Boch, Steffen, Prati, Daniel, Müller, Jörg, Socher, Stephanie, Baumbach, Henryk, Buscot, François, Gockel, Sonja, Hemp, Andreas, Hessenmöller, Dominik, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Linsenmair, K. Eduard, Pfeiffer, Simone, Pommer, Ulf, Schöning, Ingo, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Seilwinder, Claudia, Weisser, Wolfgang W., Wells, Konstans, Fischer, Markus

“…There is a wealth of smaller-scale studies on the effects of forest management on plant diversity. However, studies comparing plant species diversity in…”
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All across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora's falcon by Gschweng, Marion, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V, Querner, Ulrich, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Berthold, Peter

“…Eleonora's falcon (…”
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Predictors of elevational biodiversity gradients change from single taxa to the multi-taxa community level by Peters, Marcell K., Hemp, Andreas, Appelhans, Tim, Behler, Christina, Classen, Alice, Detsch, Florian, Ensslin, Andreas, Ferger, Stefan W., Frederiksen, Sara B., Gebert, Friederike, Haas, Michael, Helbig-Bonitz, Maria, Hemp, Claudia, Kindeketa, William J., Mwangomo, Ephraim, Ngereza, Christine, Otte, Insa, Röder, Juliane, Rutten, Gemma, Schellenberger Costa, David, Tardanico, Joseph, Zancolli, Giulia, Deckert, Jürgen, Eardley, Connal D., Peters, Ralph S., Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Schleuning, Matthias, Ssymank, Axel, Kakengi, Victor, Zhang, Jie, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Brandl, Roland, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Kleyer, Michael, Nauss, Thomas, Tschapka, Marco, Fischer, Markus, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf

“…The factors determining gradients of biodiversity are a fundamental yet unresolved topic in ecology. While diversity gradients have been analysed for numerous…”
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Adaptability and vulnerability of high flying Neotropical aerial insectivorous bats to urbanization by Jung, Kirsten, Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.

“…Aim Urbanization is a dominant demographic trend throughout the world that involves massive habitat alterations. Understanding how urbanization affects biota…”
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Movement and ranging patterns of the Common Chaffinch in heterogeneous forest landscapes by Kubiczek, Katrin, Renner, Swen C, Böhm, Stefan M, Kalko, Elisabeth K V, Wells, Konstans

“…The partitioning of production forests into discretely managed forest stands confronts animals with diversity in forest attributes at scales from point-level…”
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A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: Integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization by Blüthgen, Nico, Dormann, Carsten F., Prati, Daniel, Klaus, Valentin H., Kleinebecker, Till, Hölzel, Norbert, Alt, Fabian, Boch, Steffen, Gockel, Sonja, Hemp, Andreas, Müller, Jörg, Nieschulze, Jens, Renner, Swen C., Schöning, Ingo, Schumacher, Uta, Socher, Stephanie A., Wells, Konstans, Birkhofer, Klaus, Buscot, François, Oelmann, Yvonne, Rothenwöhrer, Christoph, Scherber, Christoph, Tscharntke, Teja, Weiner, Christiane N., Fischer, Markus, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Linsenmair, Karl Eduard, Schulze, Ernst-Detlef, Weisser, Wolfgang W.

“…Land use is increasingly recognized as a major driver of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in many current research projects. In grasslands, land use is…”
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Bats Limit Arthropods and Herbivory in a Tropical Forest by Kalka, Margareta B, Smith, Adam R, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V

“…Previous exclosure studies measuring the top-down control of arthropod abundance and herbivory combined the effects of birds and bats. We experimentally…”
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Nocturnal scent in a 'bird-fig': A cue to attract bats as additional dispersers? by Ripperger, Simon P, Rehse, Saskia, Wacker, Stefanie, Kalko, Elisabeth K V, Schulz, Stefan, Rodriguez-Herrera, Bernal, Ayasse, Manfred

“…The plant genus Ficus is a keystone resource in tropical ecoystems. One of the unique features of figs is the diversity of fruit traits, which in many cases…”
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Effects of tropical forest fragmentation on aerial insectivorous bats in a land-bridge island system by Estrada-Villegas, Sergio, Meyer, Christoph F.J., Kalko, Elisabeth K.V.

“…Habitat fragmentation causes drastic changes in the biota and it is crucial to understand these modifications to mitigate its consequences. While studies on…”
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Postweaning maternal food provisioning in a bat with a complex hunting strategy by Geipel, Inga, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Wallmeyer, Katja, Knörnschild, Mirjam

“…Adult animals of many taxa exhibit extended parental care by transferring food to inexperienced offspring, thus allocating nutritional and sometimes even…”
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TcBat a bat-exclusive lineage of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Panama Canal Zone, with comments on its classification and the use of the 18S rRNA gene for lineage identification by Pinto, C. Miguel, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V., Cottontail, Iain, Wellinghausen, Nele, Cottontail, Veronika M.

“…► Report for first time Tcbat in Central America. ► Infections with TcBat were common (11.6%) in Artibeus jamaicensis bats. ► Missing data does not negatively…”
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Male courtship displays and vocal communication in the polygynous bat Carollia perspicillata by Knörnschild, Mirjam, Feifel, Marion, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V

“…Male courtship behaviour towards choosy females often comprises elaborate displays that address multiple sensory channels. In bats, detailed quantitative…”
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Effects of ingestion by neotropical bats on germination parameters of native free-standing and strangler figs (Ficus sp., Moraceae) by Heer, Katrin, Albrecht, Larissa, Kalko, Elisabeth K. V

“…Fruit-eating animals can influence the germination success of seeds through transportation and handling. We experimentally tested the contribution of ingestion…”
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third dimension of bat migration: evidence for elevational movements of Miniopterus natalensis along the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro by Voigt, Christian C, Helbig-Bonitz, Maria, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Kalko, Elisabeth K. V

“…Bats are important ecosystem service providers, and therefore most relevant for both lowland and highland habitats, particularly in the tropics. Yet, it is…”
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Seasonal changes in daily torpor patterns of free-ranging female and male Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii) by Dietz, Markus, Kalko, Elisabeth K.V

“…Daily torpor can provide significant energy and water savings in bats during cold ambient temperatures and food scarcity. However, it may reduce rates of…”
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Bat assemblages on Neotropical land-bridge islands: nested subsets and null model analyses of species co-occurrence patterns by Meyer, Christoph F. J., Kalko, Elisabeth K. V.

“…A fundamental goal of ecology is to understand whether ecological communities are structured according to general assembly rules or are essentially dictated by…”
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Small-Scale Fragmentation Effects on Local Genetic Diversity in Two Phyllostomid Bats with Different Dispersal Abilities in Panama by Meyer, Christoph F. J., Kalko, Elisabeth K. V., Kerth, Gerald

“…Habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. Despite their importance for conservation, the genetic consequences of small-scale…”
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