Whilst the use of molecular genetic techniques is widespread in the fields of population and
evolutionary biology, their application within the mammalian order Chiroptera neither …

Extensive scientific study of bats suggests that they are long-lived, slowly reproducing
animals adapted to relatively stable environments. As such they might be expected to exist …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the mating systems of bats, emphasizing
research from the last 20 years. For completeness, the chapter lists all species where mating …

Bats are important ecosystems service providers, make a significant contribution to
biodiversity and can be important pests and disease vectors. In spite of this, information on …

During autumn 'swarming', large numbers of temperate bats chase each other in and around
underground sites. Swarming has been proposed to be a mating event, allowing …

Investigating mating systems of species with a cryptic lifestyle often requires a combination
of behavioural and genetic data. We used such a combined approach to investigate the …

Every three years a major international conference on bats draws the leading workers in the
field to a carefully orchestrated presentation of the research and advances and current state …

Social structure evolves from a trade-off between the costs and benefits of group-living,
which are in turn dependent upon the distribution of key resources such as food and shelter …

Because of their role in limiting gene flow, geographical barriers like mountains or seas
often coincide with intraspecific genetic discontinuities. Although the Strait of Gibraltar …

Different species of bat can be morphologically very similar. In order to estimate the amount
of cryptic diversity among European bats we screened the intra–and interspecific genetic …