In this article we review the current knowledge of the effects of urban expansion on bats and
assess the potential of these mammals as bioindicators of urbanization. The response of …

Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats,
leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current …

We determined habitat use by foraging bats by broad‐band acoustic surveys in 10 habitat
types from a Mediterranean area (southern Italy). We applied discriminant functions to …

Many bats are threatened by habitat loss, but opportunities to manage their habitats are now
increasing. Success of management depends greatly on the capacity to determine where …

Natural bodies of open water in desert landscapes, such as springs and ephemeral pools,
and the plant-life they support, are important resources for the survival of animals in hyper …

Traditional olive orchards account for a large share of the area under olives in the EU,
particularly in marginal areas, like those analysed in the OLIVERO project. In general …

Summary 1 The management of threatened species is an important practical way in which
conservationists can intervene in the extinction process and reduce the loss of biodiversity …

Inferences of the interactions between species' ecological niches and spatial distribution
have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and …

Ecomorphological studies of bat communities often reveal the spatial and temporal
coexistence of morphologically similar species, leading to suggestions that these …

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 …