Bats are hosts to a range of zoonotic and potentially zoonotic pathogens. Human activities
that increase exposure to bats will likely increase the opportunity for infections to spill over in …

Insectivorous bats are integral components of terrestrial ecosystems. Despite this, a growing
number of factors causing world‐wide declines in bat populations have been identified …

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 …

Despite evidence of migration in North American tree bats (genera Lasiurus and
Lasionycteris), details regarding seasonal movements in these widely distributed species …

Bats spend more time roosting than in any other activity. Thus, it is not surprising that some
researchers have argued that roost availability influences the diversity of bat communities …

Scattered trees and small patches of vegetation among farmland are typical of rural
landscapes throughout the world, often comprising a significant proportion of remaining …

By disrupting nocturnal landscapes worldwide, light pollution caused by Artificial Light At
Night (ALAN) is recognized as a major threat to biodiversity. As even low light intensities …

Although hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) are presumed to be migratory and capable of long-
distance dispersal, traditional marking techniques have failed to provide direct evidence of …

Many temperate insectivorous bats show marked sexual segregation during the summer, but
in spectacular, pre-hibernation swarming, gather at caves to mate. In many species, sexual …

Although forest fragmentation can greatly affect biodiversity, responses to landscape-scale
measures of woodland configuration in Europe have been examined for only a limited range …