Ep. 401 - Seeing the Forest for its Bats
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Many bats need forests and, as it turns out, those forests need bats. We are well aware that the majority of North America's bats eat insects, but what is the impact of their insectivorous diet on forest health? Join me and Dr. Lizz Beilke as we uncover the answers to this question and more. This episode was produced in part by Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.1 | Ineventiveplants.com. |
| 0:05.5 | What's up? |
| 0:05.9 | This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? You're going to be doing even better to know that my book is currently 30% off over at mango. BZ, as is all of their titles. So go check it out. There's a lot of great authors over there, a lot of great books to read, and they're all 30% off until January of 2023. But today I have a really exciting episode for you |
| 0:27.2 | because we're talking about some of my favorite mammals, the bats. Now, I know bats |
| 0:31.4 | aren't everyone's favorite, but I hope conversations like this at least introduce you to the |
| 0:36.2 | idea of how important bats are for |
| 0:38.1 | ecosystems and how much we need to protect them moving into a future where many of them are |
| 0:42.9 | in stark and alarming declines. Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Liz Bilki, who has spent a lot of |
| 0:49.1 | her time studying how bats impact forest health, specifically as it relates to herbivory and forest composition. |
| 0:56.1 | Her work can teach us a lot about not only what bats are doing out there, but their impacts |
| 1:00.3 | on forests and how we can better manage forests moving into the future. I don't want to take |
| 1:04.3 | any more of her time. This is really important work, so let's just jump right into it. |
| 1:08.1 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Liz Bilke. |
| 1:11.1 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:25.8 | All right, Dr. Liz Bilki, welcome to the podcast. |
| 1:28.9 | I am so excited for what we're about to talk to tonight. |
| 1:31.3 | But let's start off with an introduction. |
| 1:32.9 | Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:36.1 | Sure. |
| 1:36.5 | My name is Liz Bilke. |
| 1:37.6 | I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. |
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