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Stefan Greif brought a report on bat surveys of the YUS conservation area of Papua New Guinea to my attention, authored by Simon K.A. Robson, Tamara E. Inkster, Andrew K. Krockenberger. From the executive summary “This project provides the first description of bat community stru

With my colleagues in Malaysia, I was invited to put together a review of our activities as the Malaysian Bat Conservation Research Unit (MBCRU) for Malaysian Applied Biology. The MBCRU was established in 2001, and in many ways was the model for the SEABCRU. Kingston, T., Juliana, S.,

News of a new book written by Pandam Nugroho Prasetyo, Sephy Noerfahmy and Hesti Lestari Tata that provides a guide to species (and methods used to catch them) found in two provinces in Sumatra during rapid surveys. Thanks to Sephy for providing a copy! Bats of Agroforests Sumatra pdf

This is the first compilation of Batu Cave`s faunal species in detail, complete with comments and references for further reading. Besides that, the article includes a brief history of cave surveys (since late 19th century as well as the morphology of the cave. Anthropogenic disturbanc

Cage experiments in which the Malagasy endemic Rousettus madagascariensis was presented with ten fruit species (one native and the rest introduced, three of which are commercially important), showed that the bats prefer native and commercially unimportant figs (Ficus polita), rose app

Isham Azhar from UNIMAS has shared with us a great poster of the Bats of Penang National Park, which he prepared for the Penang Wildlife Department following recent surveys. You can find it on the Malaysian outreach page .