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Quantifying the damage caused by fruit bats to backyard lychee trees in Mauritius and evaluating the benefits of protective netting

The Mauritius fruit bat (Pteropus niger) has been the subject of repeated culling campaigns, apparently in response to pressure from the fruit-growing industry concerned over damage to commercially valuable orchard crops such as lychees. More than 31,000 fruit-bearing lychee trees also exist in priv...

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Autores principales: Tollington, Simon, Kareemun, Zainal, Augustin, Arlaine, Lallchand, Kunal, Tatayah, Vikash, Zimmermann, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6695134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31415626
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220955