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Published online 29 April 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.782
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Artificial bat roosts could re-seed the tropics
Luring bats to new homes in deforested areas could help regeneration.
Conservationists are learning to harness a new weapon in the fight against deforestation: bats.
Bats have a crucial role in dispersing seeds from local plants in the neotropics — an ecological zone that includes South and Central America.
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