Bat responses to climate change: a systematic review

F Festa, L Ancillotto, L Santini, M Pacifici… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how species respond to climate change is key to informing vulnerability
assessments and designing effective conservation strategies, yet research efforts on wildlife …

Generalists yet different: Distributional responses to climate change may vary in opportunistic bat species sharing similar ecological traits

S Smeraldo, L Bosso, VB Salinas‐Ramos… - Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is among the key anthropogenic factors affecting species' distribution, with
important consequences for conservation. However, little is known concerning the …

Climate change, species range shifts and dispersal corridors: an evaluation of spatial conservation models

D Alagador, JO Cerdeira… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The notion that conservation areas are static geographical units for biodiversity conservation
should be revised when planning for climate‐change adaptation. Since species are …

Ignoring seasonal changes in the ecological niche of non-migratory species may lead to biases in potential distribution models: lessons from bats

S Smeraldo, M Di Febbraro, L Bosso, C Flaquer… - Biodiversity and …, 2018 - Springer
Phenology is a key feature in the description of species niches to capture seasonality in
resource use and climate requirements. Species distribution models (SDMs) are widespread …

Designing a large‐scale track‐based monitoring program to detect changes in species distributions in arid A ustralia

D Southwell, A Skroblin, K Moseby… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring trends in animal populations in arid regions is challenging due to remoteness
and low population densities. However, detecting species' tracks or signs is an effective …

Acoustic identification of Mexican bats based on taxonomic and ecological constraints on call design

V Zamora‐Gutierrez, C Lopez‐Gonzalez… - Methods in ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring global biodiversity is critical for understanding responses to anthropogenic
change, but biodiversity monitoring is often biased away from tropical, megadiverse areas …

Painting maps with bats: species distribution modelling in bat research and conservation

O Razgour, H Rebelo, M Di Febbraro, D Russo - Hystrix, 2016 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Species distribution models (SDMs) offer an effective tool for identifying species
conservation requirements and forecasting how global environmental changes will affect …

Using spatiotemporal species distribution models to identify temporally evolving hotspots of species co‐occurrence

EJ Ward, JE Jannot, YW Lee, K Ono… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying spatiotemporal hotspots is important for understanding basic ecological
processes, but is particularly important for species at risk. A number of terrestrial and aquatic …

Potential of satellite-derived ecosystem functional attributes to anticipate species range shifts

D Alcaraz-Segura, A Lomba, R Sousa-Silva… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In a world facing rapid environmental changes, anticipating their impacts on biodiversity is of
utmost relevance. Remotely-sensed Ecosystem Functional Attributes (EFAs) are promising …

Update on potentially zoonotic viruses of European bats

C Kohl, A Nitsche, A Kurth - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bats have been increasingly gaining attention as potential reservoir hosts of some of the
most virulent viruses known. Numerous review articles summarize bats as potential reservoir …