Our good neighbors: Understanding ecosystem services provided by insectivorous bats in Rwanda

• Olivier Nsengimana ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Nsengimana, Faith M. Walker

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Faith M. Walker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Olivier Nsengimana, Faith M. Walker

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Faith.Walker@nau.edu

  Affiliations Bat Ecology & Genetics Lab, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8435-4452

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• Paul W. Webala,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Maasai Mara University, Narok, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-8935

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• Innocent Twizeyimana,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Marie-Claire Dusabe,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Daniel E. Sanchez,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bat Ecology & Genetics Lab, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Colin J. Sobek,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Bat Ecology & Genetics Lab, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America

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• Deo Ruhagazi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Peace Iribagiza,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Richard Muvunyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda

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• Rodrigo A. Medellin

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

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