Predator-prey relationship between urban bats and insects impacted by both artificial light at night and spatial clutter

H Li, KT Wilkins - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Artificial light at night provides convenience and a perception of safety for
humans. However, it is an environmental pollutant to many wildlife species. We found that in …

Four years continuous monitoring reveals different effects of urban constructed wetlands on bats

H Li, R Petric, Z Alazzawi, J Kauzlarich, RH Mahmoud… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Proactive artificial wetland constructions have been implemented to mitigate the loss of
wetlands and their ecosystem services. As wetlands are habitats for bats, short-term (one or …

Bats adjust echolocation and social call design as a response to urban environments

N Starik, T Göttert - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Behavioral traits play a major role in the successful adaptation of wildlife to urban conditions.
We investigated and compared the acoustic behavior of free ranging bats in rural …

The weekend effect on urban bat activity suggests fine scale human-induced bat movements

H Li, C Crihfield, Y Feng, G Gaje, E Guzman… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary On weekends, people do things differently from weekdays, such as dining
at a restaurant, going to a night club, attending a concert or a sporting event, or simply …

Singing silver‐haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans)

CL Lausen, GA Falxa, DI Solick… - Wildlife Society …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Characterizing sounds produced by animals can lead to better understanding of their
behavioral ecology and conservation. While considerable focus has been on signals used …

[PDF][PDF] Manipulating environmental clutter reveals dynamic active sensing strategies in big brown bats

RN Fry, A Tuninetti, JA Simmons… - Animal Behavior and …, 2024 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Vocalizing animals confront acoustically challenging conditions in which background noise
(clutter) can mask or shift attention away from biologically relevant signals. Echolocating big …

Temporal Study of Environmental DNA and Acoustic Data Reveals Coexistence of Sympatric Bat Species in a North American Ecosystem

VM Suresh, T Hébert, KI Verster… - Environmental DNA, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are a species‐rich mammalian order that provide a host of ecosystem services, but
presently face threats from habitat loss, disease, climate change, and insect declines. Bat …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) pollution alters bat lunar chronobiology: insights from broad-scale long-term acoustic monitoring

H Li, P Allen, S Boris, S Lagrama, J Lyons, C Mills… - Ecological …, 2024 - Springer
Background The timing of behavior and habitat use of nocturnal animals can be influenced
by the lunar cycle in nature. The prevalence of artificial light at night (ALAN) has been …

Using mobile device built-in microphones to monitor bats: a new opportunity for large-scale participatory science initiatives

F Gili, S Bertolino, A Rolando - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2024 - Springer
Citizen science has become a crucial tool in biodiversity monitoring, often facilitated by the
diffusion of mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. High costs of professional …

Social calls of the Ussurian tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis) in the mating season

K Funakoshi, H Tanaka, Y Ichikihara… - Acta …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Almost nothing is known about the communication calls of the Ussurian tube-nosed bat
Murina ussuriensis. To determine social call types, we recorded various calls of M …