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 …

Inferences of the interactions between species' ecological niches and spatial distribution
have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and …

BACKGROUND The fact that bats suppress agricultural pests has been measured for some
particular dyads of predator and prey species in both economic and food security terms. The …

Ecological theory postulates that niches of co‐occurring species must differ along some
ecological dimensions in order to allow their stable coexistence. Yet, many biological …

Dietary plasticity can be a determining factor allowing species to cope with environmental
changes. Consequently, it is an important issue to consider in conservation biology. Despite …

Understanding the processes that enable species coexistence has important implications for
assessing how ecological systems will respond to global change. Morphology and …

Current intensification and expansion of agricultural lands are some of the main
anthropogenic processes driving the global decline of biodiversity. Organic farming is …

Myotis emarginatus seems fond of spiders and flies, a unique feeding style among
European bats. The importance of each prey type varies among studies, so this paper aims …

Determining the dietary spectrum of European insectivorous bats over time is the
cornerstone of their conservation, as it will aid our understanding of foraging behavior …

Targeted molecular methods such as conventional PCR (cPCR) and quantitative PCR
(qPCR), combined with species-specific primers and probes, are widely applied for pest …