Pozo-Rivera, Wilmer E.
Martin-Solano, Sarah
Carrillo-Bilbao, Gabriel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vicerrectorado de Investigaciones, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas - ESPE
Article History
Received: 5 June 2024
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 3 October 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The original ARRIVE guidelines were adapted and approved to the specific context of free-ranging bats research. All capture and handling techniques and protocols were approved by the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, in approval, accordance and ARRIVE guidelines<sup>56</sup> and with the guidelines proposed by the American Society of Mammalogists<sup>47</sup>. This allowed obtaining research authorizations numbers 10-2013-IC-IC-FAU-DPAP-MA and 01-2015-0-IC-FAU-DPAP-MA. No animals were left in captivity or under observation. All researches and field assistant respected biosafety rules.