Interspecific competition (IC) is often seen as a main driver of evolutionary patterns and
community structure. Bats might compete for key resources, and cases of exaggerated …

The definitive guide to the bats of Britain and Europe. This concise and definitive guide
presents all 45 bat species that regularly occur in Europe (of which 17 are known to breed in …

Fire is a major disturbance that affects ecological communities, and when fire events
increase in frequency or extent, they may jeopardise biodiversity. Although long-term studies …

Artificial illumination at night (ALAN) alters many aspects of animal behaviour. Commuting
and foraging bats have been found to be affected by ALAN, but no study has yet addressed …

Because of the high risk of going unnoticed, cryptic species represent a major challenge to
biodiversity assessments, and this is particularly true for taxa that include many such …

In recent years, many cryptic species of bats have been discovered thanks to the application
of molecular techniques. The several long-eared bat species (genus Plecotus) occurring in …

Although populations of many bat species appear to be recovering in some European
countries, the extrinsic and intrinsic factors driving these increases have not yet been …

Multi-scale habitat selection modeling (HSM) has garnered attention due to its ability to
incorporate scale dependence of species. The key of multi-scale HSM is to select the …

Context Organisms commonly respond to their environment across a range of scales,
however many habitat selection studies still conduct selection analyses using a single-scale …

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 …