Despite extensive documentation of the ecological and economic importance of Old World
fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) and the many threats they face from humans, negative …

Wetland areas have decreased by up to 33% globally over the past ten years, threatening
the biodiversity they support and essential ecosystem services they provide. Despite this, the …

Due to their ability to disperse over water, over half of the extant bat species occur on islands
and ca. 25% of these are island endemics. They are often the sole native island mammals …

Tropical forest loss and fragmentation are due to increase in coming decades.
Understanding how matrix dynamics, especially secondary forest regrowth, can lessen …

During the last decades, the use of bioacoustics as a non‐invasive and cost‐effective
sampling method has greatly increased worldwide. For bats, acoustic surveys have long …

Habitat loss and fragmentation rank high amongst the most pressing threats to biodiversity.
Understanding how variation in functional traits is associated with species vulnerability in …

Nipah henipavirus (NiV) and Hendra henipavirus (HeV) are zoonotic emerging
paramyxoviruses causing severe disease outbreaks in humans and livestock, mostly in …

Edge effects, abiotic and biotic changes associated with habitat boundaries, are key drivers
of community change in fragmented landscapes. Their influence is heavily modulated by …

Recent studies predict a future decrease in precipitation across the tropics, particularly the
Amazon, likely causing significant droughts that have negative consequences for …

Owing to major technological advances, bioacoustics has become a burgeoning field in
ecological research worldwide. Autonomous passive acoustic recorders are becoming …