Despite conservation concerns for many species of bats, factors causing mortality in bats
have not been reviewed since 1970. Here, we review and qualitatively describe trends in the …

Bats are major consumers of arthropods, and there is ever growing evidence that they play a
pivotal role in the fight against agricultural pests. However, relatively little research has …

Bats represent one of the most diverse mammalian orders, not only in terms of species
numbers, but also in their ecology and life histories. Many species are known to use …

Discrete, ephemeral natural phenomena with low spatial or temporal predictability are
incredibly challenging to study systematically. In ecology, species interactions, which …

Ponds have an important role in the ecology of urban areas, as they provide essential
habitats to aquatic species, as well as fundamental resources to terrestrial wildlife. Artificial …

Rapidly increasing resources of citizen science databases (CS) collecting information on
species occurrence are increasingly useful as a data source for global biodiversity research …

We surveyed 110 country churches in south-western Sweden for presence of brown long-
eared bats Plecotus auritus in summer 2016 by visual inspection and/or evening emergence …

Artificial illumination at night (ALAN) alters many aspects of animal behaviour. Commuting
and foraging bats have been found to be affected by ALAN, but no study has yet addressed …

The birds (class Aves) and bats (order Chiroptera, class Mammalia) are well known natural
reservoirs of a diverse range of viruses, including some zoonoses. The only extant volant …

We present the results of, to our knowledge, the first Lidar study applied to continuous and
simultaneous monitoring of aerial insects, bats and birds. It illustrates how common patterns …