A5019065681- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
- Music and Audio Processing
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Environmental and biological studies
Hospital General de Granollers
2016-2025
University of Lisbon
2014-2024
National Institute of Amazonian Research
2014-2024
University of Helsinki
2017-2021
Ecologie & Evolution
2020
Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
2018-2020
University of Salford
2016-2018
Institute of Natural Sciences
2017
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2015
Houston Museum of Natural Science
2015
Comprehensive, global information on species' occurrences is an essential biodiversity variable and central to a range of applications in ecology, evolution, biogeography conservation. Expert maps often represent only available distributional play increasing role conservation assessments macroecology. We provide for the native ranges all extant mammal species harmonised taxonomy Mammal Diversity Database (MDD) mobilised from two sources, Handbook Mammals World (HMW) Illustrated Checklist...
Summary Understanding how interspecific variation in functional traits influences species’ capacity to persist fragments and use patches fragmented landscapes is fundamental for the creation of effective conservation plans. This study uses phylogenetic comparative methods investigate which bat species are correlated with their vulnerability fragmentation a tropical landscape low fragment–matrix contrast. Bats were captured over two years eight forest fragments, nine control sites continuous...
Abstract Building trust in science and evidence-based decision-making depends heavily on the credibility of studies their findings. Researchers employ many different study designs that vary risk bias to evaluate true effect interventions or impacts. Here, we empirically quantify, a large scale, prevalence magnitude estimates. Randomised controlled observational with pre-intervention sampling were used by just 23% intervention biodiversity conservation, 36% social science. We demonstrate,...
Abstract The urgency for remote, reliable, and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on climate ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), but there been no comprehensive overview of its coverage across realms. We present metadata from 358 datasets recorded since 1991 above land water constituting the first global synthesis sampling spatial, temporal, ecological scales. compiled summary statistics (sampling locations, deployment...
Abstract The recent upsurge in bat‐borne virus research has attracted substantial news coverage worldwide. A systematic review of virological literature revealed that bats were described as a major concern for public health half all studies (51%), and their key role delivering ecosystem services was disregarded almost (96%). Although on zoonoses is the utmost importance, biased framings can undermine decades conservation efforts. We urge researchers science communicators to consider impacts...
Abstract Seasonality causes fluctuations in resource availability, affecting the presence and abundance of animal species. The impacts these oscillations on wildlife populations can be exacerbated by habitat fragmentation. We assessed differences bat species between wet dry season a fragmented landscape Central Amazon characterized primary forest fragments embedded secondary matrix. also evaluated whether relative importance local vegetation structure versus characteristics (composition...
Abstract Tropical forest loss and fragmentation are due to increase in coming decades. Understanding how matrix dynamics, especially secondary regrowth, can lessen impacts is key understanding species persistence modified landscapes. Here, we use a whole-ecosystem experiment investigate bat assemblages influenced by the regeneration of matrix. We surveyed bats continuous forest, fragments habitats, ~15 ~30 years after clearance, temporal changes occupancy abundance old-growth specialist...
COVID-19 has spread around the globe, with massive impacts on global human health, national economies and conservation activities. In timely editorial about in maelstrom of COVID-19, Evans et al. (2020) urged community to collaborate other relevant sectors society search for solutions challenges posed by current pandemic, as well future zoonotic outbreaks. Considering association bats (Zhou al., 2020), bat conservationists will undoubtedly be key actors this dialogue, thus an action plan how...
Abstract Recent studies predict a future decrease in precipitation across the tropics, particularly Amazon, likely causing significant droughts that have negative consequences for Amazonian freshwater biomes, especially lakes. Furthermore, immediate of global warming terrestrial fauna associated with tropical lakes are poorly understood as vast majority come from temperate regions. Here, we assess seasonal importance conservation aerial insectivorous bats Central Amazon using passive bat...
Abstract BACKGROUND The fact that bats suppress agricultural pests has been measured for some particular dyads of predator and prey species in both economic food security terms. recent emergence new molecular techniques allows more precise screenings bat's diet than the traditional visual identification systems provides further evidence consume an ample array pest species. main focus regulatory services provide agroecosystems on crop cause yield losses. Rice paddies constitute a agronomic...
The use of functional information in the form species traits plays an important role explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between composition, their traits, environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, it remains unclear how generalizable these across ecosystems, taxa spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into global database for metaCommunity...
Rice represents the main staple food for more than half of world's population, playing an essential role in security and economic growth. One major pests affecting this crop is striped rice stem borer moth (Chilo suppressalis), a widespread species found Australasia, Asia southern Europe. Bats are paramount insect consumers their as natural pest controllers agriculture has been increasingly acknowledged, including paddies. In study we quantify, first time Europe, value ecosystem services...
Abstract The extrinsic factors that most influence animal activity are weather and light conditions, which can be assessed at hourly, monthly, even lunar-cycle timescales. We evaluated the responses of tropical aerial-insectivorous bats to temperature, rainfall, moonlight intensity within among nights. Temperature positively affected two species (Cormura brevirostris Saccopteryx bilineata). Moonlight reduced Myotis riparius increased Pteronotus rubiginosus S. leptura. Rainfall promote an...
Habitat loss and fragmentation rank high amongst the most pressing threats to biodiversity. Understanding how variation in functional traits is associated with species vulnerability fragmented landscapes central design of effective conservation strategies. Here, we used a whole-ecosystem ecological experiment Central Amazon investigate which aerial insectivorous bats best predict their sensitivity forest fragmentation. During 2013 2014, were surveyed using passive bat recorders six...