ArticleRoyal Society open science2023
Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover.
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- Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Pooled it
- A global-scale assessment of zoonotic virus diversity and spillover potential in urban-adapted mammal species.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Perceptions and public health risks of the bat-human interface in households from fragmented rural landscapes in southern Chile.PloS one · 2026Article
- Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Diet composition affects bat viral shedding with potential consequences for pathogen spillover.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Ecological and public health dimensions of ESBL-producingVeterinary world · 2025Review
- Where is the elusive primaryBioscience · 2025Article
- Frequent and intense human-bat interactions occur in buildings of rural Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Many wildlife species are synanthropic and use structures built by humans, creating a high-risk interface for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen spillover. However, studies that investigate features of urbanizing areas that attract or repel wildlife are currently lacking. We surveyed 85 buildings used by bats and 172 neighbouring buildings unused by bats (controls) in southeastern Kenya during 2021 and 2022 and evaluated the role of microclimate and structural attributes in building selection. We identified eight bat species using buildings, with over 25% of building roosts used concurrently by multiple species. Bats selected taller cement-walled buildings with higher water vapour pressure and lower presence of permanent human occupants. However, roost selection criteria differed across the most common bat species: molossids selected structures like those identified by our main dataset whereas
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