Fighting insect pests is a major challenge for agriculture worldwide, and biological control
and integrated pest management constitute well‐recognised, cost‐effective ways to prevent …

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 are a species-rich order of mammals providing key ecosystem services. Because bats
are threatened by human action and also serve as important bioindicators, monitoring their …

Grasslands are spontaneously occurring herbaceous vegetation types that are mostly
dominated by grasses or other graminoids and have usually> 10% herb-layer cover, while …

Homogenisation and intensification of agricultural ecosystems are among the most
important threats to biodiversity, linked to declines in pollinators, soil biota and ecosystem …

Forest islands in agricultural landscapes may be vital for biodiversity conservation, providing
habitats for a variety of species, including bats. Our study focused on a forest island in NE …

Due to their ability to disperse over water, over half of the extant bat species occur on islands
and ca. 25% of these are island endemics. They are often the sole native island mammals …

Bats are known to forage and commute close to vegetation structures when moving across
the agricultural matrix, but the role of isolated landscape elements in arable fields for bat …

Although populations of many bat species appear to be recovering in some European
countries, the extrinsic and intrinsic factors driving these increases have not yet been …

Traditional agropastoralism increases biodiversity by maintaining habitats whose existence
depends on human practices as well as by providing wildlife, including bats, with key spatial …