Shade-grown coffee plantations serves as imp commuting routes for bats: Study

Shade-grown coffee serves as an important commuting route for bats and if properly managed, these coffee plantations can have significant ecological value for bats, a new study has said. The study was authored by Shasank Ongole and Mahesh Sankaran from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (India) in collaboration with Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) scientist Krithi K Karanth.