Due to the economic and ecological importance, the researchers urge policy - makers to avoid a wait - and - see approach to the issue of widespread declines of bat populations. (sciencedaily.com)
These «free of charge» data can help researchers understand how the landscape influences the connectivity of vampire bat populations, which could influence the spread of pathogens like rabies. (sciencedaily.com)
This could also stop the bats from better - adapted populations — whose genes could help the threatened bat populations survive — from reaching them. (sciencedaily.com)