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General information
NPR Science Friday spotlight on "batty science"
Opportunistic Nectarivorous Bats
Biological information
Bats of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Database
· “With over 1,400 species worldwide, bats are critical components to many ecosystems as
pollinators, seed dispersers, and consumers of night-flying insects, among many other ecological
roles. We created the Bat Eco-Interactions Database to facilitate scientific research worldwide
on bat diets and theecosystem services they provide by gathering all published, peer-reviewed
accounts of these interactions.”
Clearinghouse for Migratory Bat Data
Periodicals
Journal of Bat Research & Conservation
Journal of North American Bat Research
Films
Videos & webcams
Education
Night Navigators | Virtual Field Trip
Acoustic information & monitoring
Bat Acoustic Monitoring Portal (BatAMP)
Bat Acoustic Monitoring Visualization Tool
ChiroVox: The bat call library
Bat houses
Caves
· “...A collaborative, open-access, and user-friendly data-sharing platform for global cave-dwelling
bat ecology and conservation”
Pollination
· See Agave at Plant taxa page.
Bats @ Pollinator Partnership Canada
Disease
Humor
Hanging bats filmed upside-down look like a Goth nightclub
Institutions ~ Networks
Global Union of Bat Diversity Networks (GBatNet)
Institutions - Bat-focused NGOs
Also see geographic listings below.
Bat Conservation International (BCI) [USA-based]
Bat Conservation Trust [UK-based]
Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation
Institutions ~ Conservation NGO bat pages
Bats @ American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Bats @ Pollinator Partnership Canada
Institutions ~ Research
Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation @ Indiana State University
Climbers for Bat Conservation @ Colorado State University
Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Vertebrados
· Ecology & Vertebrate Conservation Lab
· Lab of Rodrigo Medellín
· Rodrigo Medellín BATS ~ YouTube channel
National Cave & Karst Research Institute (NCKRI)
Smithsonian Institution
Institutions ~ Bat-related companies, products, goods & stuff
Institutions ~ Private sector consultancies & services
· Includes consulting, monitoring & removal services and bat-related goods
Institutions ~ Athletic affiliations
Austin Ice Bats
Transylvania University ~ Mascot Raf
Geography ~ North America
Bats for the Future Fund @ NFWF
North American Bat Conservation Alliance
Conservation action for bats wikidot
North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat)
North American Society for Bat Research (NASBR)
US regional bat working groups
Northwest Bat Hub @ HERS @ Oregon State University-Cascades
Southeastern Bat Diversity Network
Western Bat Working Group (WBWG)
US States
Illinois Bat Conservation Program
New York
Gotham Bat Conservancy [NYC]
North Carolina Bat Working Group
Tennessee Bat Working Group (TNBWG)
Texas
Bat Conservation & Rescue of Virginia
Latin America
Bioconciencia-PCMM [Mexico]
Brazilian Bat Reearch Society (SBEQ)
Latin American Network for the Conservation of Bats (RELCOM)
Europe
UNEP/EUROBATS Conservation of Key Underground Sites Database
Spanish Association for the Conservation and Research of Bats (SECEMU)
UK
Africa
Bat Interest Group of KwaZulu-Natal (Bats KZN)
· formerly the Durban Bat Interest Group
· “...dedicated to conserving bats, biodiversity and healthy ecosystems within southern Africa’s
changing landscape.”
Asia & Australasia
Bat Study & Conservation Group of Japan
South East Asia Bat Conservation Research Unit (SEABCRU)
Life & taxa hub > Focal taxa > Mammals >
Bats ~ Chiroptera
Contents below:
· Biological information
· Periodicals
· Films
· Webcams
· Education
· Acoustic information & monitoring
· Bat houses
· Caves
· Disease
· Humor
~ Networks
~ Bat-focused NGOs
~ Conservation NGO bat pages
~ Research
~ Private sector: Bat-related companies (including products, goods & stuff)
~ Private sector: Consultancies & services
~ Athletic affiliations
~ North America
~ Latin America
~ Europe
~ Africa
~ Asia & Australiasia
Also see:
· Bats & Bracken Cave @ Texas
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