Social networks of the greater horseshoe bat during the hibernation season: a landscape-scale case study
Social networks of the greater horseshoe bat during the hibernation season: a landscape-scale case study
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大马蹄蝠在冬眠季节的社交网络：景观规模的案例研究
DOI：
10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.03.019
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发表时间：
2022
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2.5
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Finch D
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Finch D
蝙蝠是高度社会化的动物，个体之间的互动可能对它们的生态和保护很重要。社会结构受物理环境（空间因素）的影响，并随时间和季节而变化（时间因素）。与许多其他类群相比，蝙蝠个体能够移动很长的距离，因此可以体验一系列的空间位置。他们有很长的寿命，提供机会与他人互动很长一段时间，往往是高度合群。使用一个长期的数据集，我们研究了社会行为，沿着与空间和时间的影响，更大的马蹄蝙蝠，Rhinolophusferrumequinum，在冬眠期间使用社会网络的方法。在17年中，2808个人进行了监测，共产生5952记录在21个栖息地。我们调查了个体的生活史特征（女性的性别、年龄和繁殖状况）和观察频率如何影响社会关联，并确定了影响个体在不同地点之间移动的因素。年长的雄性动物在社会网络中更重要，成年雄性动物可能是社会中社会独立个体之间的联系。社会网络有很高的非随机二元结构，与年龄分类强于男性的女性，这是可能的时空因素的影响。在一般情况下，较高的加权介数分数记录在一个非核心的冬眠，这表明这些网站，尽管蝙蝠的数量很少，可能会作为连接连接较少的个人，以及社区的位置。最后，冬眠之间的运动只与观察的频率，而不是任何生活史特征。这些结果说明了网站之间的互联性，强调需要适当的跨司法管辖区的物种管理计划，以创建物种，利用和多个网站之间移动的景观。
Bats are highly social animals, and the interactions between individuals are likely to be important to their ecology and conservation. Social structures are affected by the physical environment (spatial factors), as well as varying over time and seasons (temporal factors). Compared with many other taxa, individual bats are capable of moving large distances, so experience a range of spatial locations. They have long life spans, providing opportunities to interact with others over a long period, and are often highly gregarious. Using a long-term data set, we examined the social behaviour, along with spatial and temporal influences, of greater horseshoe bats,Rhinolophusferrumequinum, during hibernation using social network approaches. Across 17 years, 2808 individuals were monitored, yielding a total of 5952 records at 21 roost locations. We investigated how individuals’ life history traits (sex, age and breeding status of females) and the frequency of observation affected social associations and identified factors that influenced the movement of individuals between locations. Older and male animals were significantly more central in the social network, and adult males may act as a link between socially separate individuals within the society. The social network had high nonrandom dyadic structuring, with assortment by age stronger in females than males, and this was likely to be influenced by spatiotemporal factors. In general, higher weighted betweenness scores were recorded in a noncore hibernaculum, suggesting that these sites, despite low numbers of bats being present, may act as locations to connect less-connected individuals, as well as communities. Finally, movements between hibernacula were only associated with the frequency of observation rather than any life history trait. These results illustrate the interconnectivity across sites, stressing the need for appropriate cross-jurisdiction species management plans to be created for species that utilize and move between multiple sites within the landscape.