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2. Trophic requirements beyond foraging habitats: The importance of prey source habitats in bat conservation
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Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, Garin, Inazio, García-Mudarra, Juan Luis, Alberdi, Antton, Aihartza, Joxerra, and Goiti, Urtzi
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- 2015
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3. Can pinewoods provide habitat for a deciduous forest specialist? A two-scale approach to the habitat selection of Bechstein's bat
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Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, Napal, Maria, Aihartza, Joxerra, Garin, Inazio, Alberdi, Antton, and Salsamendi, Egoitz
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- 2014
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4. It is the ambience, not the menu. Prey availability does not drive habitat selection by the endangered Pyrenean desman
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Esnaola, Amaiur, primary, Mata, Vanessa, additional, Arrizabalaga‐Escudero, Aitor, additional, González‐Esteban, Jorge, additional, Larrañaga, Aitor, additional, Rebelo, Hugo, additional, Elosegi, Arturo, additional, and Aihartza, Joxerra, additional
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- 2021
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5. Gaining ecological insight on dietary allocation among horseshoe bats through molecular primer combination
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Aldasoro, Miren, primary, Garin, Inazio, additional, Vallejo, Nerea, additional, Baroja, Unai, additional, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, additional, Goiti, Urtzi, additional, and Aihartza, Joxerra, additional
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- 2019
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6. Pest consumption in a vineyard system by the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
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Baroja, Unai, primary, Garin, Inazio, additional, Aihartza, Joxerra, additional, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, additional, Vallejo, Nerea, additional, Aldasoro, Miren, additional, and Goiti, Urtzi, additional
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- 2019
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7. Bats from different foraging guilds prey upon the pine processionary moth
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Garin, Inazio, primary, Aihartza, Joxerra, additional, Goiti, Urtzi, additional, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, additional, Nogueras, Jesús, additional, and Ibáñez, Carlos, additional
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- 2019
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8. Pest consumption in a vineyard system by the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
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Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Baroja Ibañez de Maeztu, Unai, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Vallejo López, Nerea, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Aldasoro Lecea, Miren, Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Baroja Ibañez de Maeztu, Unai, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Vallejo López, Nerea, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, and Aldasoro Lecea, Miren
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Herbivorous arthropods cause immense damage in crop production annually. Consumption of these pests by insectivorous animals is of significant importance to counteract their adverse effects. Insectivorous bats are considered amongst the most voracious predators of arthropods, some of which are known crop pests. In vineyard-dominated Mediterranean agroecosystems, several crops are damaged by the attack of insect pests. In this study we aimed 1) to explore the diet and pest consumption of the lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros and 2) analyse whether the composition of pest species in its diet changes throughout the season. We employed a dual-primer DNA metabarcoding analysis of DNA extracted from faeces collected in three bat colonies of a wine region in Southwestern Europe during the whole active period of most pest species. Overall, 395 arthropod prey species belonging to 11 orders were detected; lepidopterans and dipterans were the most diverse orders in terms of species. Altogether, 55 pest species were identified, 25 of which are known to cause significant agricultural damage and 8 are regarded as pests affecting grapevines. The composition of pest species in faeces changed significantly with the season, thus suggesting several periods should be sampled to assess the pest consumption by bats. As a whole, the results imply that R. hipposideros acts as a suppressor of a wide array of agricultural pests in Mediterranean agroecosystems. Therefore, management measures favouring the growth of R. hipposideros populations should be considered.
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- 2019
9. Bats from different foraging guilds prey upon the pine processionary moth
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Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Nogueras, Jesús, Ibáñez, Carlos, Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Nogueras, Jesús, and Ibáñez, Carlos
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Outbreaks of the processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffer-mailer, 1775), a forest pest from the Palearctic, are thought to induce a behavioral response of bats, but up to now the moth has been seldom identified as bats' prey. Studies on bat diets suggest moths with cyclical outbreaks attract a wide array of bat species from different foraging guilds. We test whether bats feed upon T. pityocampa in the Iberian Peninsula irrespective of the predator's ecological and morphological features. We found that seven out of ten bat species belonging to different foraging guilds contained T. pityocampa DNA in their faeces and no difference was found in the foraging frequency among foraging guilds. A different size of the typical prey or the lack of fondness for moths can explain the absence of the pest in some bat species. Moreover, the intraspecific foraging frequency of T. pityocampa also changed with the sampling site likely representing differential availability of the moth. Lack of information on flight and dispersal behavior or the tympanate nature of the adult moth complicates understanding how different foraging guilds of bats prey upon the same prey. Our data suggests that T. pityocampa is a remarkable food source for many thousands of individual bats in the study area and we anticipate that more bats besides the species studied here are consuming this moth.
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- 2019
10. Gaining ecological insight on dietary allocation among horseshoe bats through molecular primer combination
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Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Aldasoro Lecea, Miren, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Vallejo López, Nerea, Baroja Ibañez de Maeztu, Unai, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Aldasoro Lecea, Miren, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Vallejo López, Nerea, Baroja Ibañez de Maeztu, Unai, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, and Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
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Knowledge on the trophic interactions among predators and their prey is important in order to understand ecology and behaviour of animals. Traditionally studies on the diet composition of insectivorous bats have been based on the morphological identification of prey remains, but the accuracy of the results has been hampered due to methodological limitations. Lately, the DNA metabarcoding and High Throughput Sequencing (HTS) techniques have changed the scene since they allows prey identification to the species level, ultimately giving more precision to the results. Nevertheless, the use of one single primer set to amplify faecal DNA produces biases in the assessed dietary composition. Three horseshoe bats overlap extensively in their distribution range in Europe: Rhinolophus euryale, R. hipposideros and R. ferrumequinum. In order to achieve the deepest insight on their prey list we combined two different primers. Results showed that the used primers were complementary at the order and species levels, only 22 out of 135 prey species being amplified by both. The most frequent prey of R. hipposideros belonged to Diptera and Lepidoptera, to Lepidoptera in R. euryale, and Lepidoptera, Diptera and Coleoptera in R. ferrumequinum. The three bats show significant resource partitioning, since their trophic niche overlap is not higher than 34%. Our results confirm the importance of combining complementary primers to describe the diet of generalist insectivorous bats with amplicon metabarcoding techniques. Overall, each primer set showed a subset of the prey composition, with a small portion of the total prey being identified by both of them. Therefore, each primer presented a different picture of the niche overlap among the three horseshoe bats due to their taxonomic affinity.
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- 2019
11. Faeces of Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera) from the winter season contain inorganic matter
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Maxinová, Edita, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, Arriolabengoa, Martin, Aloria, Kerman, Zaldibar, Beñat, Boldogh, Sándor, Uhrin, Marcel, Goiti, Urtzi, Aihartza, Joxerra, Garin, Inazio, Proteomics Core Facility-SGIker, University of the Basque Country, Internal Scientific Grant System of P. J. Šafárik University, SOFOS, and Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic
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hibernation period ,arousals ,winter faeces ,geophagy ,water metabolism - Abstract
Hibernating mammals arouse periodically from their torpor under the influence of an unknown mechanism to perform activities necessary for the correct functioning of metabolism. Our model species, the Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale Blasius, 1853), wakes up during the winter and produces both typical consumptive as well as non-consumptive faeces (produced after no feeding activity). The aim of this study was to characterize the composition of the latter droppings of R. euryale in comparison to summer droppings to better understand the processes involved in such arousals from winter hibernation. The non-consumptive samples were morphologically similar and consisted of mucous material on the outside and a homogeneous mass inside. The internal homogenous mass inside the faeces was composed of organic as well as inorganic material, consisting of phosphate, calcium carbonate, quartz particles, and clay. We also confirmed the overall presence of faecal spherulites, calcite crystals and siliceous needles. The faeces contained no cells or if some, merely fragments of them. In contrast, summer faeces were composed of insect fragments; i.e. they were typically consumptive. In addition, we found no trace of insect-prey DNA in the winter droppings, which contained bat DNA instead. We also found peptides belonging to Mammalia as well as to other craniate and eukaryotes, but Arthropoda peptides occurred in only a rudimental occurrence. We found Bacteria peptides as well. Internal parasites were also visually retrieved. The high concentration of inorganic material and virtual lack of prey observed in the non-consumptive faeces indicate that drinking as well as direct sediment consumption occur inside the cave environment during the hibernation period. We conclude that winter arousals are unlikely to be aimed at gaining energy through foraging but most likely allow regulating water balance by active drinking.
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- 2017
12. Determining diet from faeces: Selection of metabarcoding primers for the insectivore Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus)
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Esnaola, Amaiur, primary, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, additional, González-Esteban, Jorge, additional, Elosegi, Arturo, additional, and Aihartza, Joxerra, additional
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- 2018
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13. Need for speed: Preference for fast-flowing water by the endangered semi-aquatic Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) in two contrasting streams
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Esnaola, Amaiur, primary, González-Esteban, Jorge, additional, Elosegi, Arturo, additional, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, additional, and Aihartza, Joxerra, additional
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- 2018
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14. Assessing niche partitioning of co‐occurring sibling bat species by DNA metabarcoding
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Arrizabalaga‐Escudero, Aitor, primary, Clare, Elizabeth L., additional, Salsamendi, Egoitz, additional, Alberdi, Antton, additional, Garin, Inazio, additional, Aihartza, Joxerra, additional, and Goiti, Urtzi, additional
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- 2018
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15. Determining diet from faeces: Selection of metabarcoding primers for the insectivore Pyrenean desman ( Galemys pyrenaicus )
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Biología vegetal y ecología, Zoología y biología celular animal, Landaren biologia eta ekologia, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Esnaola Illarreta, Amaiur, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, González Esteban, Jorge, Elosegi Irurtia, Arturo, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Biología vegetal y ecología, Zoología y biología celular animal, Landaren biologia eta ekologia, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Esnaola Illarreta, Amaiur, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, González Esteban, Jorge, Elosegi Irurtia, Arturo, and Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
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Molecular techniques allow non-invasive dietary studies from faeces, providing an invaluable tool to unveil ecological requirements of endangered or elusive species. They contribute to progress on important issues such as genomics, population genetics, dietary studies or reproductive analyses, essential knowledge for conservation biology. Nevertheless, these techniques require general methods to be tailored to the specific research objectives, as well as to substrate- and species-specific constraints. In this pilot study we test a range of available primers to optimise diet analysis from metabarcoding of faeces of a generalist aquatic insectivore, the endangered Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus, E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1811, Talpidae), as a step to improve the knowledge of the conservation biology of this species. Twenty-four faeces were collected in the field, DNA was extracted from them, and fragments of the standard barcode region (COI) were PCR amplified by using five primer sets (Brandon-Mong, Gillet, Leray, Meusnier and Zeale). PCR outputs were sequenced on the Illumina MiSeq platform, sequences were processed, clustered into OTUs (Operational Taxonomic Units) using UPARSE algorithm and BLASTed against the NCBI database. Although all primer sets successfully amplified their target fragments, they differed considerably in the amounts of sequence reads, rough OTUs, and taxonomically assigned OTUs. Primer sets consistently identified a few abundant prey taxa, probably representing the staple food of the Pyrenean desman. However, they differed in the less common prey groups. Overall, the combination of Gillet and Zeale primer sets were most cost-effective to identify the widest taxonomic range of prey as well as the desman itself, which could be further improved stepwise by adding sequentially the outputs of Leray, Brandon-Mong and Meusnier primers. These results are relevant for the conservation biology of this endangered species as they allow a better char
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- 2018
16. Assessing niche partitioning of co-occurring sibling bat species by DNA metabarcoding
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Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, Clare, Elizabeth L., Salsamendi, Egoitz, Alberdi, Antton, Garin, Inazio, Aihartza, Joxerra, Goiti, Urtzi, Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor, Clare, Elizabeth L., Salsamendi, Egoitz, Alberdi, Antton, Garin, Inazio, Aihartza, Joxerra, and Goiti, Urtzi
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- 2018
17. Foraging ecology of Rhinolophus euryale unveiled by DNA metabarcoding
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Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, and Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi
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animal ecology ,ecología animal - Abstract
187 p., Saguzarren ekologia eta jokamoldea ulertzeko ezinbestekoa da beraien eta harrapakinen arteko elkarrekintza trofikoak identifikatzea. Nahiz eta saguzarren oinarrizko bazka-ekologia ezaguna izan (adb.: non eta zertaz bazkatzen diran), beraien bazka-nitxoaren inguruko zehaztasunak aztertzea metodologikoki guztiz mugatuta egon da. Testuinguru honetan, DNA metabarcoding delako teknika molekularrak saguzarren ekologian sakontzeko aukera berri bat eskaintzen du. Tesi honetan, Rhinolophus euryale eta R. mehelyi ferra-saguzarrak eredu hartuta, saguzarren bazka-ekologiaren inguruko hainbat galdera ekologiko ebatzi dira DNA metabarcodingaren bidez. Tesiaren lehenengo ikerketa-atalean paradigma ekologiko berri bat aurkezten da: R. euryale espeziearentzako harrapakin-eskuragarritasuna ez da bere ehiza-habitat egokien presentziarekin eta hauen kontserbazioarekin soilik bermatzen, hau da, hesi-bizi eta hostozabalen basoekin. Harrapakinek beraien bizi-fase desberdinak garatzeko beharrezkoak dituzten habitatak ere ezinbestekoak dira saguzarrentzat, nahiz eta habitat hauek ez dituzten bazkatzeko erabiltzen. Paradigma berri hau testatzeko, 56 R. euryaleren dieta espezie mailan zehaztu eta berau osatzen duten sits espezieen beldarren beharrizan ekologikoak bilatu dira bibliografian. Jandako espezie askoren larbek saguzarren ehiza-habitatak ez diren bestelako habitat batzuk behar dituzte beraien larba-fasea burutzeko, larreak eta belardiak esaterako. Gainera, larben beharrizan ekologikoak esangarriki aldatzen dira sasoitik sasoira. Beraz, R. euryaleren bazka-beharrizanak asetzeko ez dira nahikoa ehiza-habitat egokiak kontserbatzea paisai jakinean. Ehiza-habitatak bazkaz hornitzeko beharrezkoak diren gainerako eremuak ere guztiz beharrezkoak dira. Azken hauetan egindako edozein eraldaketak eragin zuzena izan dezake R. euryaleren bazka-ekologian. Gure emaitzen arabera, saguzarrak kontserbatzeko beharrezko neurriek ehiza habitatak barneratzeaz gain harrapakinen fase desberdinak garatzeko beharrezko elementuak barneratu beharko lituzkete ere. Sits-habitat-saguzar erlazioez gain, saguzarren bazka-ekologian eragina duen beste aldagai garrantzitsu bat ekologikoki antzekoak diren espezieen presentzia da. Testuinguru honetan, antzeko animalia espezie askoren koexistentzia ahalbidetzen duen mekanismo garrantzitsua da bazka-baliagaien banaketa. Saguzarretan, ordea, ez da ondo ezagutzen mekanismo honen garrantzia. Gainera, asko dira ekologikoki eta morfologikoki antzekoak diren eta eremu berdinean bizi diren saguzar espezieak. Honek beraien koexistentzia ahalbidetzen duten mekanismoen inguruko eztabaida piztu izan du komunitate zientifikoan aspaldidanik. Sentsu honetan, sinpatrian bizi diren espezie ahaideen nitxo-desberdintanek islatuko dituzte modu fidagarrienean koexistentzia ahalbidetzen duten mekanismoak (Adb.: bazka- edo habitat-banaketa). Tesiaren bigarren zati honetan DNA metabarcodingaren bidez ekologikoki oso antzekoak diren R. euryale eta R. mehelyi espezie ahizpen populazio sinpatriko baten dieta osaketa eta gainezarpena aztertu dira. Gainera, populazio honen inguruan daukagun ezagumendu ekologikoa oso zehatza da, dietaz gain bestelako ezaugarri ekologiko eta morfologikoak ikertu baitira tesi honen aurretik eginiko ikerketa-lan batean. Hortaz, populazio honek saguzarren koexistentziaren inguruko mekanismoak aztertzeko eredu ezinhobea eskaintzen du. Emaitzei dagokienez, bi saguzar espezieen dieta zoriz esperotakoa baino gehiago gainezartzen da. Gainera, sits arrunt berdinetan oinarritua dago bereziki. Sits-espezie hauek beste saguzar espezie askoren dietan behatu dira ere, saguzarren bazka-ekologian sits arruntek duten garrantzia azpimarratuz. Bestetik, behatutako dieta desberdintasunek saguzarrek sinpatrian duten habitat erabilera desberdintasuna islatzen dute: R. euryalek baso hostozabalei loturiko sits espezie espezialistak kontsumitu ditu batik bat, eta R. mehelyik, ordea, habitat irekiagoetako sitsak. Aldez aurretik eginiko ikerlanen arabera bi saguzar espezieen populazio alopatrikoek habitat erabilera oso antzekoak erakusten dituzte. Egoera sinpatrikoan ordea, habitat erabileraren banaketa garbi bat antzematen da, non R. euryalek baso hostozabalak erabiltzen dituen exklusiboki, eta R. mehelyik leku irekiagoak. Habitat-erabilera eredu hauekin eta lan honetan behatutako dietaren gainezarpen altuarekin batera, bi ferra-saguzar espezie hauen koexistentzia bazka-baliagaien banaketan baino, habitaten banaketan oinarritua dagoela ondorioztatzen dugu. Lan honek ferra-saguzarren koexistentzia ahalbidetzeko nitxoaren dimentsio espazialak, hau da, habitatak, eta sits espezie arruntek duten garrantzia azpimarratzen du. Tesiaren azkenengo atalean R. euryaleren bazka-nitxoaren malgutasuna eta harrapakinekin duen erlazio ebolutiboa aztertu dira. Bestetik, eskuragarri egon daitezkeen sitsen konposizio funtzionala aztertu da ere. Saguzarren ehiza-errentagarritasunaren ikuspuntutik, sitsek hainbat ezaugarri morfologiko, hegakera-modu, ihes- eta defentsa-mekanismo dituzte, baita saguzarren ultrasoinuak antzemateko gaitasuna ere. Ezaugarri guzti horien konbinazio desberdinek sitsen errentagarritasunean, eta beraz, saguzarren bazka-ekologian, eragin desberdina izan dezaketela argudiatzen dugu, baita R. euryale bezalako sits-espezialista batentzako ere. DNA metabarcodinga eta RLQ eta fourth-corner tresna estatistikoen bidez, sitsen errentagarritasunarekin erlazionatuta egon daitezkeen ezaugarriak erabili dira adin, sexu, sasoi eta kolonia desberdinetako saguzarren dieta eta eskuragarri dauden sitsen konposizioa aztertzeko. Lortutako emaitzen arabera, kontsumitutako sitsen eta eskuragarri daudenen masa eta hegakera-moduarekin erlazionatutako ezaugarriak esangarriki aldatzen dira sasoiaren arabera. Saguzar helduek hainbat sits-mota kontsumitu dituzte umatze-aurreko sasoian, sits lirain eta geldoak umatze sasoian eta energia askoko sits azkar eta maniobrakorrak umatze ostean. Emaitzek, denboran zehar gertatzen diren sits-moten aldaketei aurre egiteko R. euryalek duen malgutasun trofikoa adierazten dute. Beste alde batetik, saguzar gazteek helduekiko sits-mota esangarriki desberdinak kontsumitu dituzte maizago: espezie txiki, lirain eta geldoak. Helduek ordea, energetikoki errentagarriagoak diren sits pisutsu baina azkarrak kontsumitu dituzte sarriago. Adinarekin erlazionatutako desberdintasun hauek ale gazteen ehizarako esperientzia faltarekin egon daitezke erlazionatuta. Azkenik, sits-tinpanatuek dietaren gehiengoa osatu arren, arctiinoen taldeko tinpanatuak esperotakoa baino gutxiago kontsumitu dira. Argi-tranpen bidez hainbat arctiine espezie harrapatu izan badira ere, oso gutxitan behatu dira saguzarren dietan. Arctiinoen taldea ezaguna da saguzarrekiko garatu dituen ihes- eta defentsa-mekanismo konplexuengatik. Orain arte ordea, ez da arctiinoen eta saguzar-espezialisten arteko erlazioa behatu naturan. Emaitzek, arctiinoek R. euryale bezalako sitsetan espezializatutako saguzarrei ihes egiteko mekanismoak garatu dituztela iradokitzen dute. Ezaugarrietan oinarritutako dieta azterketek saguzarren bazka-ekologia eta erlazio ebolutiboak aztertzeko herraminta berritzailea eskaintzen dute, harrapakinen izen taxonomikoez haratago. Oro har, sitsetan espezializatutako R. euryaleren bazka-ekologia "hesi-bizietan ehizatu eta sitsetaz elikatzen da" baino konplexuagoa dela erakusten du tesi honek. Lortutako emaitzen arabera: 1) R. euryale paisaiaren elementu desberdinei lotuta dago eta elementu hauen garrantzia aldatu egiten da denboran zehar. 2) Ekologikoki antzekoak diren ferra-saguzarren koexistentzia ahalbidetzeko sits espezie arruntak eta ehiza-habitat dibertsoak beharrezkoak dira. 3) Eskuragarri dauden sitsen konposizio funtzionala sasoien arabera aldatzen da, baita saguzar helduen dietan ere. Honek sits-espezialista baten flexibilitate-trofikoa adierazten du eta inguruneko aldaketei aurre egiteko saguzarrak duen gaitasuna azpirratu. Gainera, oinarrizko harrapakinak bazka adinaren arabera aldatzen dira, ez taxonomikoki, harrapakin motei dagokienez baizik. Emaitza hauek harrapakinetan oinarritutako dieta azterketa berritzaileari esker lortu ahal izan dira. Tesi honek, oro har, saguzarren bazka-ekologia pentsatu baino konplexuagoa dela erakusten du, eta DNA metabarcodingaren bidez posible dela berau zehaztasunez ikertzea. Ikerketa ekologikoek eta espezieen kontserbaziora bideratutakoek konplexutasun guzti hau hartu beharko lukete kontutan etorkizuneko lanetarako.
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- 2016
18. Foraging ecology of Rhinolophus euryale unveiled by DNA metabarcoding
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Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Goiti Ugarte, Urtzi, Zoología y biología celular animal, Zoologia eta animalia zelulen biologia, and Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor
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187 p., Saguzarren ekologia eta jokamoldea ulertzeko ezinbestekoa da beraien eta harrapakinen arteko elkarrekintza trofikoak identifikatzea. Nahiz eta saguzarren oinarrizko bazka-ekologia ezaguna izan (adb.: non eta zertaz bazkatzen diran), beraien bazka-nitxoaren inguruko zehaztasunak aztertzea metodologikoki guztiz mugatuta egon da. Testuinguru honetan, DNA metabarcoding delako teknika molekularrak saguzarren ekologian sakontzeko aukera berri bat eskaintzen du. Tesi honetan, Rhinolophus euryale eta R. mehelyi ferra-saguzarrak eredu hartuta, saguzarren bazka-ekologiaren inguruko hainbat galdera ekologiko ebatzi dira DNA metabarcodingaren bidez. Tesiaren lehenengo ikerketa-atalean paradigma ekologiko berri bat aurkezten da: R. euryale espeziearentzako harrapakin-eskuragarritasuna ez da bere ehiza-habitat egokien presentziarekin eta hauen kontserbazioarekin soilik bermatzen, hau da, hesi-bizi eta hostozabalen basoekin. Harrapakinek beraien bizi-fase desberdinak garatzeko beharrezkoak dituzten habitatak ere ezinbestekoak dira saguzarrentzat, nahiz eta habitat hauek ez dituzten bazkatzeko erabiltzen. Paradigma berri hau testatzeko, 56 R. euryaleren dieta espezie mailan zehaztu eta berau osatzen duten sits espezieen beldarren beharrizan ekologikoak bilatu dira bibliografian. Jandako espezie askoren larbek saguzarren ehiza-habitatak ez diren bestelako habitat batzuk behar dituzte beraien larba-fasea burutzeko, larreak eta belardiak esaterako. Gainera, larben beharrizan ekologikoak esangarriki aldatzen dira sasoitik sasoira. Beraz, R. euryaleren bazka-beharrizanak asetzeko ez dira nahikoa ehiza-habitat egokiak kontserbatzea paisai jakinean. Ehiza-habitatak bazkaz hornitzeko beharrezkoak diren gainerako eremuak ere guztiz beharrezkoak dira. Azken hauetan egindako edozein eraldaketak eragin zuzena izan dezake R. euryaleren bazka-ekologian. Gure emaitzen arabera, saguzarrak kontserbatzeko beharrezko neurriek ehiza habitatak barneratzeaz gain harrapakinen fase desberdinak garatzeko b
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19. Dietary overlap and seasonality in three species of mormoopid bats from a tropical dry forest
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Salinas‐Ramos, Valeria B., primary, Herrera Montalvo, L. Gerardo, additional, León‐Regagnon, Virginia, additional, Arrizabalaga‐Escudero, Aitor, additional, and Clare, Elizabeth L., additional
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- 2015
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