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 …

Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats,
leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current …

Natural bodies of open water in desert landscapes, such as springs and ephemeral pools,
and the plant-life they support, are important resources for the survival of animals in hyper …

Although water availability is known to affect landscape‐scale patterns of wildlife diversity
and distribution in arid environments, little is known about the microhabitat characteristics …

Bodies of water are a key foraging habitat for insectivorous bats. Since water is a scarce and
limiting resource in arid environments, bodies of open water may have a structuring effect on …

Human‐made or‐modified water sources (ie, catchments) are widely used for wildlife
management in the arid western United States, where thousands of such catchments have …

Understanding how the spatial distribution of ecological resources shapes species' diversity
and abundance in human‐modified landscapes is a central theme in conservation biology …

Bats show pronounced and often‐adverse reactions to artificial illumination at night (ALAN)
when commuting, roosting or foraging. ALAN also affects bat drinking activity, at least when …

Species inhabiting arid environments often contend with ambient temperatures as high as
45 C and that are coupled with unpredictable availability of resources. FreeYstanding water …

Natural bodies of open water in desert landscapes are important resources for survival of
desert-dwelling animals and in recent years artificial bodies of water may have become …