Identify all of the following test conclusions that support the hypothesis that bats are an important means of controlling insect pests.
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The fungus associated with WNS in bats has been identified as Pseudogymnoascus destructans.
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One-fifth of all mammal species are bats.
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When bats are purposefully excluded from fields, the rate of crop predation by insects increases.
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Fields where there are high rates of bat mortality from WNS also have higher insect populations and lower crop yields.
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A single little brown bat is observed eating 4–8 grams of insects nightly. A colony of little brown bats can average 9,000 bats.
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Fruit-eating bats tend to be the largest and heaviest bats.
- When bats are purposefully excluded from fields, the rate of crop predation by insects increases.
- Fields where there are high rates of bat mortality from WNS also have higher insect populations and lower crop yields.
- A single little brown bat is observed eating 4–8 grams of insects nightly. A colony of little brown bats can average 9,000 bats.