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. 2016 Apr 27:105–139. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-38953-0_5

Table 5.4.

Summary of published articles explicitly addressing links between microparasites and some aspect of host social behavior in bats

Species Family Location Disease/Pathogen Social aspect Analysis Ref
Myotis lucifugus, M. septentrionalis, M. sodalis, M. leibii, Perimyotis subflavus, Eptesicus fuscus Vespertilionidae North America White-Nose Syndrome (WNS) Effect of hibernation cluster size on WNS detection Population surveys, statistical models 1
M. lucifugus, M. septentrionalis, M. sodalis, M. leibii, P. subflavus, E. fuscus Vespertilionidae North America WNS Variation in sociality between species Population surveys, statistical models 2
M. lucifugus Vespertilionidae North America WNS Female philopatry and colony connectivity Population Genetic Structure (FST) 3
M. lucifugus Vespertilionidae North America WNS Effect of colony size on WNS risk Population surveys, statistical models 4
M. lucifugus, M. septentrionalis, M. sodalis, M. leibii, P. subflavus, E. fuscus, M. emarginatus, M. myotis, M dasycneme, M. brandtii, M. mystacinus, M. daubentonii, M. nattereri, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, E. nilssonii, E. serotinus Vespertilionidae

North America

& Europe

WNS Variation in pre- and post-WNS colony size of North American and European bat species Population surveys and statistical models 5
E. fuscus Vespertilionidae USA Rabies Effect of colony size on rabies acquisition Field data, statistical models 6
E. fuscus Vespertilionidae Canada & USA Hypothetical Variation in fission–fusion dynamics between pregnant and lactating bats influences hypothetical pathogen dynamics Social network analysis, epidemiological models 7
Nyctalus lasiopterus Vespertilionidae Spain Hypothetical Variation in roosting behavior and fission–fusion dynamics influences hypothetical pathogen dynamics Social network analysis, epidemiological models 8
Desmodus rotundus Phyllostomidae Peru Rabies Effect of migration and group size on rabies prevalence Field data, epidemiological models 9
D. rotundus Phyllostomidae Peru Rabies Effect of colony size on rabies seroprevalence Field data, statistical models 10
M. myotis Vespertilionidae Germany Coronaviruses, Astroviruses, and Adenoviruses Effect of colony size on viral amplification PCR to identify viruses, field data, and statistical models 11
Pteropus giganteus Pteropodidae Bangladesh Nipah virus Effect of roost selection and colony size on predicted Nipah outbreaks Field data, epidemiological models 12
P. alecto, P. poliocephalus Pteropodidae Australia Hendra virus Colony size and absence of migratory behavior of urban populations Field data, epidemiological models 13
Eptesicus serotinus, Hypsugo savii, M. blythii, M.capaccinii, M. daubentonii, M. emarginatus, M. escalerai, M. myotis, Nyctalus leisleri, Plecotus auritus, P.austriacus, P. kuhlii, P. nathusii, P. pipistrellus, P. pygmaeus, Miniopterus schreibersii, Rhinolophus euryale, R. ferrumequinum, R. hipposideros, Tadarida teniotis

Vespertilionidae

Miniopteridae

Rhinolophidae

Molossidae

Spain

European bat

Lyssavirus

Effect of colony size on Lyssavirus seroprevalence Field data, seroprevalence, and statistical models 14
Hypothetical Hypothetical Effects of fission–fusion dynamics, group size, and information exchange on predicted pathogen dynamics Social network analysis, epidemiological models 15

[1] Langwig et al. (2012), [2] Langwig et al. (2015), [3] Miller-Butterworth et al. (2014), [4] Wilder et al. (2011), [5] Frick et al. (2015), [6] Pearce et al. (2007), [7] Webber et al. (2016), [8] Fortuna et al. (2009), [9] Blackwood et al. (2013), [10] Streicker et al. (2012), [11] Drexler et al. (2011), [12] Hahn et al. (2014), [13] Plowright et al. (2011), [14] Serra Cabo et al. (2013), [15] Kashima et al. (2013)