The scientific literature on bats (chiroptera) in Brazil: a scientometric analysis from 1954 – 2018

LUCIANO, BEATRIZ FERNANDES L.; ELIAS, GUILHERME ALVES; ZOCCHE, JAIRO JOSE; COSTA NETO, ERALDO M.; CARVALHO, FERNANDO

doi:10.1590/0001-3765202220211621

BEATRIZ FERNANDES L. LUCIANO

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Laboratório de Ecologia de Paisagem e de Vertebrados (LABECO), Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5715-9165

GUILHERME ALVES ELIAS

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Herbário Pe. Raulino Reitz, Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-4762

JAIRO JOSE ZOCCHE

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Laboratório de Ecologia de Paisagem e de Vertebrados (LABECO), Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2291-3065

ERALDO M. COSTA NETO

Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Evolução, Avenida Transnordestina, s/n, Novo Horizonte, 44036-900 Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-1974

FERNANDO CARVALHO

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Ambientais, Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Laboratório de Zoologia e Ecologia de Vertebrados (LABZEV), Avenida Universitária, 1105, Bairro Universitário, 88806-000 Criciúma, SC, Brazil

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-7083

Correspondence to: Beatriz Fernandes Lima Luciano E-mail: beatrizfll@unesc.net

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Beatriz Fernandes Lima Luciano: conceptualization, methodology, validation, formal analysis, investigation, writing. Guilherme Elias, Jairo Jose Zocche, Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto e Fernando Carvalho: conceptualization, writing, review and editing, supervision.

CATEGORY	ACRONYMS	DELIMITATION
Reproductive biology	RB	Reproductive aspects and patterns
Composition and / or distribution	CD	Descriptions and records of distribution of bats assemblies
Conservation	CO	Studies focusing on protected areas, fragmentation effects, climate change.
Diet	DI	Food consumption records and nutritional patterns
Roost ecology	RE	Records, features and roost occupation descriptions
Ecolocation	EC	Identification, description of acoustic properties and monitoring
Road ecology	ROE	Road kill of species on highways
Epidemiology	EP	Epidemiological studies focusing on public health
Ethnozoology and/ or environmental education	ETN	Socio-environmental conceptions and representations about bats
Vertical structure	VS	Sampling in different forest platforms
Physiology, cytology and / or biochemistry	FCB	Biomolecular and microbiological studies
Genetics	GE	Analysis of karyotypes, DNA and evolutionary patterns
Environmental licensing	EL	Studies based on a sample of environmental licensing work, to assess the impact of the development bats.
Sampling method	SM	Characterization of the sampling and capture methods of chiropterans
Morphology	MO	Descriptions of the physical characteristics of the species
Palaeontology	PA	Fossil records and description of species in different geological ages
Parasites and / or associations	PAR	Parasites: endo and ectoparasites interacting with bats
Activity patterns	AP	Ecological patterns and influences on behavior
Movement patterns	MP	Distances in foraging
Predation	PRE	Bat predation records
Taxonomy, systematics and / or phylogeny	TSF	Description of new species and taxonomic, systematic and phylogenetic reviews
Habitat use	HU	Standards and ecological restrictions on the use of environments

Acronyms	BRASILIAN GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
Acronyms	MIDWEST					NORTHEAST										NORTH								SOUTHEAST					SOUTH
	DF	GO	MS	MT	T	AL	BA	CE	MA	PB	PE	PI	RN	SE	T	AC	AM	AP	PA	RO	RR	TO	T	ES	MG	RJ	SP	T	PR	RS	SC	T
RB	1	1			2			1			2				3		1						1	1	4	10	3	18	7	1		8
CD	3	10	25	26	64	5	20	11	6	17	14	9	7	21	110	3	15	8	17	13		10	66	17	43	47	25	132	36	19	11	66
CO		1	1	1	3		1					1			2									1	1	2	1	5	1	1		2
DI	2	1	6		9		2				4		3	3	12		5		1				6	6	6	7	13	32	15	3	3	21
RE	1				1		2				2		1		5		2		1				3				2	2
EC	1		2		3						1		1		2		3						3	1	2	7	6	16
ROE																										1		1			1	1
EP	3	5	7	7	22		6	2	13	6	6		2	1	36	3	6	2	20	5	1	7	44	3	15	8	73	99	7	5	4	16
ETN																	3						3								1	1
VS										1	1				2											1		1
FCB	4	1		2	7			1			3		1	3	8		1					1	2		21	5	25	51	1		2	3
GE			1	1	2		3			1	8		1		13		3		10				13		3	2	2	7		1	1	2
EL							1								1					1			1							1		1
SM																	1						1		1	4	1	6			1	1
MO	3		1		4			2			3			1	6				1			1	2		4	3	5	12	3	5	2	10
PA	3			1	4					1	1		1		3	1	4		2				7		4	8	2	14	6			6
PAR														1	1			1					1	2	2	5	2	11	4	1	1	6
AP							4					1			5															1		1
MP	8	4	15	5	32		7	7	4	1	5	3	3	4	34	3	6	1	10	9	1	3	33	4	17	23	25	69	14	13	2	29
PRE			3	2	5												1	2	1				4	2	3	4	5	14	4	2		6
TSF	1	1	2	2	6		5	3		4	6	1		1	20		3	2	6	1			12	3	3	5	6	17	6	3	2	11
HU	2	1	1	2	6		1				1			1	3		4		2				6	4	2	2	3	11	1	1		2
State	32	25	64	49		5	52	27	23	31	57	15	20	36		10	58	16	71	29	2	22		44	131	144	199		105	57	31
Region	170					266										208								518					193

[1] Correspondence to: Beatriz Fernandes Lima Luciano E-mail: beatrizfll@unesc.net

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The scientific literature on bats (chiroptera) in Brazil: a scientometric analysis from 1954 – 2018

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