The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes

10 p.

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Autores: Alberdi Estibaritz, Antton, Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio, Aizpurua Arrieta, Ostaizka, Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:long eared bat
Plecotus macrobullaris
foraging ecology
echolocation
diet
DNA mini-barcodes
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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MEDICINE
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spelling The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-BarcodesAlberdi Estibaritz, AnttonGarín Atorrasagasti, IgnacioAizpurua Arrieta, OstaizkaAiartza Azurtza, José Ramónlong eared batPlecotus macrobullarisforaging ecologyecholocationdietDNA mini-barcodesAGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCESBIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGYMEDICINE10 p.Molecular analysis of diet overcomes the considerable limitations of traditional techniques for identifying prey remains in bat faeces. We collected faeces from individual Mountain Long-eared Bats Plecotus macrobullaris trapped using mist nets during the summers of 2009 and 2010 in the Pyrenees. We analysed their diet using DNA mini-barcodes to identify prey species. In addition, we inferred some basic features of the bat's foraging ecology that had not yet been addressed. P. macrobullaris fed almost exclusively on moths (97.8%). As prey we detected one dipteran genus (Tipulidae) and 29 moth taxa: 28 were identified at species level (23 Noctuidae, 1 Crambidae, 1 Geometridae, 1 Pyralidae, 1 Sphingidae, 1 Tortricidae), and one at genus level (Rhyacia sp., Noctuidae). Known ecological information about the prey species allowed us to determine that bats had foraged at elevations between 1,500 and 2,500 m amsl (above mean sea level), mostly in subalpine meadows, followed by other open habitats such as orophilous grasslands and alpine meadows. No forest prey species were identified in the diet. As 96.4% of identified prey species were tympanate moths and no evidence of gleaning behaviour was revealed, we suggest P. macrobullaris probably forages by aerial hawking using faint echolocation pulses to avoid detection by hearing moths. As we could identify 87.8% of the analysed sequences (64.1% of the MOTUs, Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units) at species level, we conclude that DNA mini-barcodes are a very useful tool to analyse the diet of moth-specialist bats.This work was supported by Hezkuntza, Unibertsitate eta Ikerketa Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza – The Basque Government (research projects GIC07/05 and IT301-10, and grants BFI-2010-190, and BFI-2009-252) and the University of The Basque Country, Euskal Herriko Uniberstiatatea UPV/EHU. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Public Library of Science201220122012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/7533reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoIngléshttp://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0035692info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© 2012 Alberdi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/75332026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
title The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
spellingShingle The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
Alberdi Estibaritz, Antton
long eared bat
Plecotus macrobullaris
foraging ecology
echolocation
diet
DNA mini-barcodes
AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MEDICINE
title_short The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
title_full The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
title_fullStr The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
title_full_unstemmed The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
title_sort The Foraging Ecology of the Mountain Long-Eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris Revealed with DNA Mini-Barcodes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alberdi Estibaritz, Antton
Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio
Aizpurua Arrieta, Ostaizka
Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
author Alberdi Estibaritz, Antton
author_facet Alberdi Estibaritz, Antton
Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio
Aizpurua Arrieta, Ostaizka
Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
author_role author
author2 Garín Atorrasagasti, Ignacio
Aizpurua Arrieta, Ostaizka
Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv long eared bat
Plecotus macrobullaris
foraging ecology
echolocation
diet
DNA mini-barcodes
AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MEDICINE
topic long eared bat
Plecotus macrobullaris
foraging ecology
echolocation
diet
DNA mini-barcodes
AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
MEDICINE
description 10 p.
publishDate 2012
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