Understanding how species respond to climate change is key to informing vulnerability
assessments and designing effective conservation strategies, yet research efforts on wildlife …

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 …

At least 10,000 virus species have the ability to infect humans but, at present, the vast
majority are circulating silently in wild mammals 1, 2. However, changes in climate and land …

Aim The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from
a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled …

The last 'hibernation book'was published in 1982, nearly 40 years ago, so clearly an update
was needed. The options were a book written by a single author or an edited book written by …

Climate change is among the key anthropogenic factors affecting species' distribution, with
important consequences for conservation. However, little is known concerning the …

This study presents a new global gridded dataset of bioclimatic indicators at 0.5° by 0.5°
resolution for historical and future conditions. The dataset, called CMCC-BioClimInd …

Climate change is expected to impact across every domain of society, including health. The
majority of the world's population is susceptible to pathological, infectious disease whose life …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a pervasive form of pollution largely affecting wildlife, from
individual behaviour to community structure and dynamics. As nocturnal mammals, bats are …

Argasid systematics remains controversial with widespread adherence to the Hoogstraal
(1985) classification scheme, even though it does not reflect evolutionary relationships and …