Some bat species in the families Phyllostomidae, Megadermatidae, and Nycteridae have
long been known to consume terrestrial vertebrates and, more recently, reports of aerial …

Understanding roosting behaviour is essential to bat conservation and biomonitoring, often
providing the most accurate methods of assessing bat population size and health. However …

DNA metabarcoding assays are powerful tools for delving into the DNA in wildlife feces,
giving unprecedented ability to detect species, understand natural history, and identify …

Neotropical bat communities are among the most diverse mammal communities in the world,
and a better understanding of these assemblages may permit inferences about how so …

This thesis develops the novel technique of capturing airborne eDNA for the detection of
tropical bat species. In chapter two, I use an artificial mixed species community to test three …