Diet of wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Tadarida plicata Buchannan, 1800) in central Thailand: insectivorous bats potentially act as biological pest control agents

By Watcharee Leelapaibul, S. Bumrungsri, Anak Pattanawiboon. 2005

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Increasing Awareness of Ecosystem Services Provided by Bats (2012, background): “The top-down control of populations of herbivorous insects is a valuable ES of insectivorous animals by directly increasing the monetary gain of crop farmers and supporting the food production industry (e.g., Federico et al., 2008; Kalka et al., 2008; Leelapaibul et al., 2005; McCracken et al., 2008”
Research priorities for bat conservation in Southeast Asia: a consensus approach (2008, background): “Dietary analysis suggests that a single colony of 2.6 million wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bats (Chaerephon plicata) in Thailand may consume at least four tons of rice crop pests [white-backed planthoppers (Sogatella sp.)] each night (Leelapaibul et al. 2005).”
Conservation Ecology of Cave Bats (2016, background): “This is particularly true in Asia, where bat guano is a major source of fertilizer whose sale and use features prominently in many local economies (Leh and Hall 1996; Leelapaibul et al. 2005; Aye 2006).”