Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

被引：538

作者：

Boyles, Justin G. ^{[1
]}

Cryan, Paul M. ^{[2
]}

McCracken, Gary F. ^{[3
]}

Kunz, Thomas H. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Pretoria, Dept Zool & Entomol, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa

[2] US Geol Survey, Ft Collins Sci Ctr, Ft Collins, CO 80526 USA

[3] Univ Tennessee, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA

[4] Boston Univ, Dept Biol, Ctr Ecol & Conservat Biol, Boston, MA 02215 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2011年 / 332卷 / 6025期

关键词：

WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME; FREE-TAILED BATS; POLLINATION ECOLOGY; SOUTHERN THAILAND; MYOTIS-LUCIFUGUS; WIND TURBINES; BROWN BAT; HYPOTHESES; FATALITIES; DISEASE;

D O I：

10.1126/science.1201366

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Insectivorous bat populations, adversely impacted by white-nose syndrome and wind turbines, may be worth billions of dollars to North American agriculture.

引用

页码：41 / 42

页数：2

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