Bats are an ecologically and taxonomically diverse group accounting for roughly a fifth of
mammalian diversity worldwide. Many of the threats bats face (eg, habitat loss, bushmeat …

Animals must balance their energy budgets even when confronted with periodic food
shortages and/or adverse environmental conditions. Especially, small endothermic animals …

The earth is now subject to climate change and habitat deterioration on unprecedented
scales. Monitoring climate change and habitat loss alone is insufficient if we are to …

Land-use change is a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a particularly serious
threat to tropical biodiversity. Throughout the tropics, the staggering pace of deforestation …

Aim A global meta‐analysis was used to elucidate a mechanistic understanding of
elevational species richness patterns of bats by examining both regional and local climatic …

Understanding the spatial distribution of species sheds light on the group's biogeographical
history, offers clues to the drivers of diversity, and helps to guide conservation strategies …

The Fossil Lake deposits of the Green River Formation of Wyoming, a remarkable early
Eocene Lagerstätte (51.98±0.35 Ma), have produced nearly 30 bat fossils over the last 50 …

Torpor, the most effective means of energy conservation available to endotherms, is still
widely viewed as a specific adaptation in a few high-latitude, cold-climate endotherms with …

Research concerning spatial dynamics of biodiversity generally has been limited to
considerations of the taxonomic dimension, which is insensitive to interspecific variation in …

An extensive survey of the ectoparasites infesting bats in Paraguay provides information
regarding the taxonomy and host distribution of streblid bat flies at a geographic interface …