Drivers of European bat population change: a review reveals evidence gaps

E Browning, KE Barlow, F Burns, C Hawkins… - Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bat populations are thought to have suffered significant declines in the past century
throughout Europe. Fortunately, there are some signs of recovery; for instance, of the 11 …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating and map** forest age across Canada's forested ecosystems

JC Maltman, T Hermosilla, MA Wulder… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest age is an important variable for assessments of biodiversity and habitat, sustainable
forest and land management, as well as forest carbon science and modeling. Tree and …

How to mitigate impacts of wind farms on bats? A review of potential conservation measures in the European context

F Peste, A Paula, LP da Silva, J Bernardino… - Environmental Impact …, 2015 - Elsevier
Wind energy is growing worldwide as a source of power generation. Bat assemblages may
be negatively affected by wind farms due to the fatality of a significant number of individuals …

Do we need to use bats as bioindicators?

D Russo, VB Salinas-Ramos, L Cistrone, S Smeraldo… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bioindicators are organisms that react to the quality or characteristics of
the environment and their changes. They are vitally important to track environmental …

Moving in three dimensions: effects of structural complexity on occurrence and activity of insectivorous bats in managed forest stands

K Jung, S Kaiser, S Böhm, J Nieschulze… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Forest management determines to a large degree the three‐dimensional arrangement of the
vegetation in production forest systems and hence has an essential influence on habitat …

[PDF][PDF] Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations

C Korine, R Adams, D Russo… - Bats in the …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Natural bodies of open water in desert landscapes, such as springs and ephemeral pools,
and the plant-life they support, are important resources for the survival of animals in hyper …

Shifting tree species composition affects biodiversity of multiple taxa in Central European forests

J Leidinger, M Blaschke, M Ehrhardt, A Fischer… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central Europe's temperate forests are heavily shaped by centuries of human activity. Their
natural vegetation, mainly consisting of beech-dominated (Fagus sylvatica) deciduous …

Bats as suppressors of agroforestry pests in beech forests

L Ancillotto, R Rummo, G Agostinetto… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forest ecosystems are fundamental to the conservation of global biodiversity and human
wellbeing, hosting high numbers of species worldwide, and providing essential regulatory …

Modelling geographic distribution and detecting conservation gaps in Italy for the threatened beetle Rosalia alpina

L Bosso, H Rebelo, AP Garonna, D Russo - Journal for nature conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
Presence-only models can aid conservation and management of threatened, elusive
species. We developed a Maxent model for the rare cerambycid beetle Rosalia longicorn …

Effects of landscape-scale broadleaved woodland configuration and extent on roost location for six bat species across the UK

KL Boughey, IR Lake, KA Haysom, PM Dolman - Biological Conservation, 2011 - Elsevier
Although forest fragmentation can greatly affect biodiversity, responses to landscape-scale
measures of woodland configuration in Europe have been examined for only a limited range …