Differences in diet can explain resource partitioning in apparently similar, sympatric species.
Here, we analyzed 1,252 fecal drop**s from five species (Eptesicus nilssonii, Myotis …

Niche breadths tend to be greater at higher latitudes. This pattern is frequently assumed to
emerge from the cumulative effects of multiple, independent local adaptation events along …

Abstract Small waterbodies, or 'ponds', have an important role in maintaining biodiversity
and ecosystem services, particularly where freshwater sources are limited, such as arid or …

Reduced food availability is implicated in declines in avian aerial insectivores, but the effect
of nutritional stress on mammalian aerial insectivores is unclear. Unlike birds, insectivorous …

Agriculture can threaten the persistence of bat populations by removing forests and
wetlands and by intensifying production. Both processes are underway in expanding …

Facing rapid environmental changes and anthropogenic habitat destruction, animal
behavioural plasticity becomes an adaptive potential that needs to be considered in …

Urban development is detrimental to many wildlife species; however, endangered little
brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) may be attracted to human settlements, making them a …

Sensitivity of bats to land use change depends on their foraging ecology, which varies
among species based on ecomorphological traits. Additionally, because prey availability …

Abstract The St. Lawrence River in Eastern Ontario, Canada, has been a designated an
area of concern due to past industrial contamination of sediment in some areas and …

The boreal forest is the largest intact forest in the world, and a refuge for species
experiencing range retractions as a consequence of climate and landscape change. Yet …