Toward management of urban ponds for freshwater biodiversity

B Oertli, KM Parris - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many cities around the world are expanding and this trend in urbanization is expected to
sharply increase over coming decades. At the same time, the integration of green and blue …

Bats and wetlands: synthesising gaps in current knowledge and future opportunities for conservation

M Mas, C Flaquer, H Rebelo… - Mammal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The seven lamps of planning for biodiversity in the city

KM Parris, M Amati, SA Bekessy, D Dagenais, O Fryd… - Cities, 2018 - Elsevier
Cities tend to be built in areas of high biodiversity, and the accelerating pace of urbanization
threatens the persistence of many species and ecological communities globally. However …

Tree cover mediates the effect of artificial light on urban bats

TM Straka, M Wolf, P Gras, S Buchholz… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
With urban areas growing worldwide, so does artificial light at night (ALAN) which negatively
affects many nocturnal animals, including bats. The response of bats to ALAN ranges from …

Movement responses of common noctule bats to the illuminated urban landscape

CC Voigt, JM Scholl, J Bauer, T Teige, Y Yovel… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Cities are a challenging habitat for obligate nocturnal mammals because of the
ubiquitous use of artificial light at night (ALAN). How nocturnal animals move in an urban …

Reducing light pollution improves connectivity for bats in urban landscapes

A Laforge, J Pauwels, B Faure, Y Bas, C Kerbiriou… - Landscape …, 2019 - Springer
Context Light pollution can alter animal movements and landscape connectivity. This is
particularly true in urban landscapes where a need to incorporate conservation issues in …

Urban bat occupancy is highly influenced by noise and the location of water: Considerations for nature-based urban planning

EW Lehrer, T Gallo, M Fidino, RJ Kilgour… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nature-based green infrastructure projects have become a common consideration in cities
for the benefits they provide to humans. However, the co-benefits provided to wildlife are …

Light pollution at the urban forest edge negatively impacts insectivorous bats

JK Haddock, CG Threlfall, B Law, DF Hochuli - Biological conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Connectivity and quality of vegetation in cities, including urban forests, can promote urban
biodiversity. However the impact of anthropogenic pressures at the forest-matrix edge …

Building a resilient coexistence with wildlife in a more crowded world

NH Carter, JDC Linnell - PNAS nexus, 2023 - academic.oup.com
There is an urgent need to sustainably coexist with wildlife. However, realizing this goal is
hampered by scant understanding of the processes that facilitate and maintain coexistence …

Re-establishing historic ecosystem links through targeted species reintroduction: Beaver-mediated wetlands support increased bat activity

J Hooker, T Foxley, EL Stone, PR Lintott - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the global significance of wetlands, conservation strategies often fall short in
preserving these ecosystems due to failures in incorporating processes that sustain the …