City lights threaten rain forests by deterring bats

ENN
Apr 10, 2014, 9:53 am22 pts
Fruit-eating bats play an important role in forest regeneration, collecting and spreading seeds far and wide. However, human development may be stymying bat-mediated dispersal. In a new study published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, researchers found that fruit bats avoid…

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