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T1  - Hitchhiking Bats on the Great Lakes of North America 
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UR  - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201507292636; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/155761 
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A1  - Lohi, Saska 
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PB  - Helsingin yliopisto 
Y1  - 2015 
LA  - eng 
AB  - Bats can act as potential vectors for various zoonotic diseases and other pathogens. Therefore their interactions with people should be examined to mitigate potential risks. Bats are small flying mammals and hide in small crevices during daylight hours, making them difficult to observe. Consequently, they have a capacity to “hitchhike” on ships to be dispersed over large distances. 

This study focused on anthropogenic unintentional bat translocations, i.e. hitchhiking bats. The study area is ... 
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KW  - Bats; animal dispersal; zoogeography; hitchhiking; zoonoses; wildlife ecology; Chiroptera; Great Lakes; animal translocation; rabies; White-Nose Syndrome; Pseudogymnoascus destructans; lepakot; eläinten leviäminen; eläintiede; maantiede; taudit; Suuret järvet; patogeeni; Skogsekologi; Forest Ecology; Metsäekologia 
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