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 …

The emerging field of ecological genomics contains several broad research areas.
Comparative genomic and conservation genetic analyses are providing great insight into …

Agricultural intensification has caused a decline in structural elements in European
farmland, where natural habitats are increasingly fragmented. The loss of habitat structures …

Echolocating bats are surveyed and studied acoustically with bat detectors routinely and
worldwide, yet identification of species from calls often remains ambiguous or impossible …

Sympatric cryptic species, characterized by low morphological differentiation, pose a
challenge to understanding the role of interspecific competition in structuring ecological …

Given the diversity of prey consumed by insectivorous bats, it is difficult to discern the
composition of their diet using morphological or conventional PCR-based analyses of their …

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 …

A complete list of bat records available from Iran was compiled from literature and from new
records, based on field studies and examination of museum specimens. The record review …

Autonomous acoustic recorders are an increasingly popular method for low‐disturbance,
large‐scale monitoring of sound‐producing animals, such as birds, anurans, bats, and other …

Nonconsumptive effects (NCEs) have been shown to occur in numerous systems and are
regarded as important mechanisms by which predation structures natural communities …