Bats are an ecologically and taxonomically diverse group accounting for roughly a fifth of
mammalian diversity worldwide. Many of the threats bats face (eg, habitat loss, bushmeat …

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 …

Simple Summary Bioindicators are organisms that react to the quality or characteristics of
the environment and their changes. They are vitally important to track environmental …

Forest ecosystems are fundamental to the conservation of global biodiversity and human
wellbeing, hosting high numbers of species worldwide, and providing essential regulatory …

The global demand for renewable energy has led to an expansion of wind energy
production at forested sites. The deployment and operation of turbines requires the clearing …

Ponds have an important role in the ecology of urban areas, as they provide essential
habitats to aquatic species, as well as fundamental resources to terrestrial wildlife. Artificial …

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 …

Despite the key importance of the landscape matrix for bats, we still not fully understand how
the effect of forest composition interacts at combined stand and landscape scales to shape …

In summer, many temperate bat species use daytime torpor, but breeding females do so less
to avoid interferences with reproduction. In forest‐roosting bats, deep tree cavities buffer …

Worldwide species density of bats is highest in forests ecosystems. European primeval
forests are now reduced to a few small and isolated patches because almost all forests are …