Over the past two decades, the use of camera traps and acoustic monitoring in the
investigation of animal ecology have grown rapidly, with each technique enhancing broad …

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 …

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 …

Bats are a species-rich order of mammals providing key ecosystem services. Because bats
are threatened by human action and also serve as important bioindicators, monitoring their …

Simple Summary Bioindicators are organisms that react to the quality or characteristics of
the environment and their changes. They are vitally important to track environmental …

The recording and analysis of echolocation calls are fundamental methods used to study bat
distribution, ecology, and behavior. However, the goal of identifying bats in flight from their …

Aim Urbanization is a dominant demographic trend throughout the world that involves
massive habitat alterations. Understanding how urbanization affects biota is a crucial …

Innovative techniques, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, are now
promoting broader biodiversity monitoring at unprecedented scales, because of the …

Understanding animal ecology depends on an ability to accurately inventory species.
However, there are few quantitative data available, which allow for an assessment of the …

Mist nets set at ground level is the traditional method of surveying bats and in the Amazon,
almost half of the bat surveys used this methodology. The sole use of ground-level mist nets …