关键词: 城市化, 中国蝙蝠, 研究进展, 保护

Abstract

Background & Aim: There are more than 140 species of bats in China, accounting for about 10 percent of the world's bat species. China is one of the countries with the richest bat species diversity in the world. With the development of urbanization, the species diversity of bats in China has been seriously threatened. This paper aims to discuss the current state of research on bats in China under the backdrop of urbanization, and then, based on the threats of urbanization factors faced by bats in our country, to propose targeted conservation recommendations.

Progresses: The review preliminarily defines urban bats as those whose life history is not directly controlled by humans, but whose stages such as foraging, roosting, and migration are completed in urban and surrounding areas affected by urbanization, and whose morphological, physiological, behavioral, and genetic adaptive characteristics are influenced by the city. In the process of urbanization, bats face multiple threats from human hunting, human buildings, roads, light pollution, noise pollution, and chemical pollution; in China, this is mainly manifested in three aspects: loss of habitat, utilization of biological resources, and disturbance of habitat. Despite this, preliminary bibliometric analysis indicates that research on the impact of urbanization on bats in China is relatively lacking, and this field needs more attention.

Key words: Urbanization, Chinese bats, Research progress, Conservation