Bats are important ecosystems service providers, make a significant contribution to
biodiversity and can be important pests and disease vectors. In spite of this, information on …

Despite the fact that many animals live in groups, there is still no clear consensus about the
ecological or evolutionary mechanisms underlying colonial living. Recently, research has …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More
than a century later, the evolution of sociality-defined broadly as cooperative group living …

Bats are among the most diverse and most gregarious of all mammals. This makes them
highly interesting for research on the causes and consequences of sociality in animals …

Elephants, dolphins, as well as some carnivores and primates maintain social links despite
their frequent splitting and merging in groups of variable composition, a phenomenon known …

Information transfer among group members is believed to play an important part in the
evolution of coloniality in both birds and bats. Although information transfer has received …

Ectoparasites of vertebrates often spend part of their life cycle in their hosts' home.
Consequently, hosts should take into account the parasite infestation of a site when …

Loss of tree cavities presents a threat to tree roosting echolocating bat populations. Bat
boxes have been used for over a century to provide artificial cavities. The aims of this review …

During autumn 'swarming', large numbers of temperate bats chase each other in and around
underground sites. Swarming has been proposed to be a mating event, allowing …