Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …

Understanding distribution patterns and multitrophic interactions is critical for managing bat‐
and bird‐mediated ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest and non‐pest …

The earth is now subject to climate change and habitat deterioration on unprecedented
scales. Monitoring climate change and habitat loss alone is insufficient if we are to …

Understanding effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on populations or communities is
critical to effective conservation and restoration. This is particularly important for bats …

Bats of the family Phyllostomidae are fundamental components of Neotropical mammalian
diversity and display the greatest dietary diversity seen in any mammalian family. We …

Climate change models predict that much of western North America is becoming
significantly warmer and drier, resulting in overall reductions in availability of water for …

Differences in diet can explain resource partitioning in apparently similar, sympatric species.
Here, we analyzed 1,252 fecal droppings from five species (Eptesicus nilssonii, Myotis …

Aim To identify characteristics of a human‐modified landscape that promote taxonomic (TD),
functional (FD) and phylogenetic (PD) dimensions of bat biodiversity. Location Caribbean …

Aim Working within a system of high structural contrast between fragments and the
surrounding matrix, we assessed patterns of species loss and changes in species …

Over the last two decades, although much has been learned regarding the multifaceted
nature of biodiversity, relatively little is known regarding spatial variation in constituents …