A collaborative work with @morceglo and G. McCracken; T. tricolor is an incredible system that helps us shed some light on 🦇 anti-predator defenses and how acoustic signal recognition mediates a trade-off between predator avoidance and social communication with ecological and social implications.
Melquisedec Gamba-Rios
@mgambarios.bsky.social
Regional Director for Latin America & Caribbean Initiatives at Bat Conservation International
Early this year I had the opportunity to work with my colleague Jennifer Barros and our collaborators at Taboa cave in Brazil! While we monitored a colony of Natalus we were able to see other incredible 🦇 species such as Platyrrhinus lineatus! For more information please check batcon.org
Infrared video footage of the critically endangered Jamaican flower #bat emerging from the only know maternity roost. 🦇
Bat Conservation International has just released a short series of videos highlighting some of the #bat conservation work we’re doing in #Jamaica 🦇 vimeo.com/1036129420