Brazil is a megadiverse country with more than 180 bat species. However, most inventories
have been mostly made using mist-net sampling and roost search and due to the lack of …

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 …

Vespertilionidae (class Mammalia) constitutes the largest family of bats, with~ 500 described
species. Nonetheless, the systematic relationships within this family are poorly known …

Mist nets set at ground level is the traditional method of surveying bats and in the Amazon,
almost half of the bat surveys used this methodology. The sole use of ground-level mist nets …

It is commonly assumed that aerial insectivorous bats in the tropics respond to moonlight
intensity by decreasing their foraging activity during bright nights due either to an increase in …

The majority of over 1400 species of bats produce echolocation calls of diverse designs as a
means of obtaining information about their surroundings, including the presence of prey …

Habitat loss due to anthropogenic activities is a critical threat to biodiversity. Understanding
which factors determine species persistence in degraded environments is essential for …

The extrinsic factors that most influence animal activity are weather and light conditions,
which can be assessed at hourly, monthly, and even lunar-cycle timescales. We evaluated …

Monitoring global biodiversity is critical for understanding responses to anthropogenic
change, but biodiversity monitoring is often biased away from tropical, megadiverse areas …

Guilds subdivide bat assemblages into basic structural units of species with similar patterns
of habitat use and foraging modes, but do not explain mechanisms of niche differentiation …