Diversity and conservation of cave-roosting bats in Central Ghana
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19400829211034671" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19400829211034671</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19400829211034671" target="_blank" >10.1177/19400829211034671</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Diversity and conservation of cave-roosting bats in Central Ghana
Original language description
Background: Ghana is one of the six bat diversity hotspots on the African continent, yet its caves have not been fully explored for the bats they host. nResearch Aims: We aimed to assess the species composition and diversity of five caves in central Ghana and identified those needing immediate conservation attention. nMethods: Using mist-nets, we captured bats over 102 full nights between October 2010 and July 2012 from the Upper Guinean forest and Savannah regions in central Ghana. nResults: A total of 10,226 bats belonging to nine species were recorded. PERMANOVA suggested significant variation in species composition among the caves. A SIMPER analysis revealed Coleura afra and Hipposideros jonesi to be the main discriminating species between caves, with a dominance of Hipposideros cf. ruber in all caves. The Bat Cave Vulnerability Index (BCVI) revealed Mframabuom cave from the Upper Guinean forest region as a high priority cave hosting threatened species, yet highly disturbed. The remaining caves were identified as medium priority caves. nConclusion: The results of the study suggest the need for further research and an immediate conservation strategy as essential for approaching national conservation goals.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Tropical Conservation Science
ISSN
1940-0829
e-ISSN
1940-0829
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
14
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
19400829211034671
UT code for WoS article
000679315800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85111483179