Besides our concern over bat populations for their own distinctiveness and inherent value, we must recognize that bats support unique communities of cave life through their guano deposition. Declines in bat populations due to new stresses, including White-nose disease, would likely result in loss of biodiversity and/or abundance of life in cave environments. Is anyone looking into this directly? Can anyone suggest new study sites or approaches to test this in future research?
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Data Conn 1991 Cave Fly Data