Understanding how interspecific variation in functional traits influences species' capacity to
persist in fragments and use patches in fragmented landscapes is fundamental for the …

Context Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation are widespread drivers of biodiversity
decline. Understanding how habitat quality interacts with landscape context, and how they …

Insectivorous bats are efficient predators of pest arthropods in agroecosystems. This pest
control service has been estimated to be worth billions of dollars to agriculture globally …

Seasonality causes fluctuations in resource availability, affecting the presence and
abundance of animal species. The impacts of these oscillations on wildlife populations can …

During the last decades, the use of bioacoustics as a non‐invasive and cost‐effective
sampling method has greatly increased worldwide. For bats, acoustic surveys have long …

The high levels of biodiversity in the Amazon are maintained mostly due to its composition
as a natural mosaic of different habitats, including both unflooded and flooded forests …

Habitat loss and fragmentation rank high amongst the most pressing threats to biodiversity.
Understanding how variation in functional traits is associated with species vulnerability in …

Mist nets set at ground level is the traditional method of surveying bats and in the Amazon,
almost half of the bat surveys used this methodology. The sole use of ground-level mist nets …

Regenerating forests occupy large areas in the tropics, mostly as a result of deforestation for
livestock and agriculture, followed by land abandonment. Despite the importance of …

Urbanization usually reduces bat richness; however, the presence of green areas within
cities and peripheral rural areas in arid ecosystems may provide microhabitats for some …