Outputs (62)

Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests (2021)
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Farneda, F. Z., Rocha, R., Aninta, S. G., López‐Baucells, A., Sampaio, E. M., Palmeirim, J. M., …Meyer, C. F. J. (2021). Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(8), 1986-1996. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14041

Throughout the tropics, regenerating secondary forests occupy vast areas previously cleared for agriculture and cattle ranching. However, despite the importance of regenerating forests in mitigating the pervasive negative consequences of forest loss... Read More about Bat phylogenetic responses to regenerating Amazonian forests.

Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats (2021)
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Appel, G., López-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Meyer, C. F. J., & Bobrowiec, P. E. D. (2021). Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats. Animal Conservation, 24(6), 1046-1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12706

Changes in moonlight intensity can affect predation risk and induce changes in habitat use and activity of nocturnal species. However, the effect of moonlight on animal activity is rarely evaluated in human-modified landscapes and can be of vital imp... Read More about Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats.

Optimising bat bioacoustic surveys in human‐modified Neotropical landscapes (2021)
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López-Baucells, A., Yoh, N., Rocha, R., Bobrowiec, P., Palmeirim, J., & Meyer, C. (2021). Optimising bat bioacoustic surveys in human‐modified Neotropical landscapes. Ecological Applications, 31(6), e02366. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2366

During the last decades, the use of bioacoustics as a non‐invasive and cost‐effective sampling method has greatly increased worldwide. For bats, acoustic surveys have long been known to complement traditional mist‐netting, however, appropriate protoc... Read More about Optimising bat bioacoustic surveys in human‐modified Neotropical landscapes.

Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats (2021)
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Santos, J., Meyer, C., Ibáñez, C., Popa-Lisseanu, A., & Juste, J. (2021). Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats. Basic and Applied Ecology, 51, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.001

Roost fidelity is an important aspect of mammalian biology. Studying the mechanisms underlying philopatry can help us understand a species’ energetic requirements, ecological constraints and social organisation. Temperate bat species notably exhibit... Read More about Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats.

Consequences of replacing native savannahs with acacia plantations for the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic α- and β-diversity of bats in the northern Brazilian Amazon (2020)
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Carvalho, W., Meyer, C., Xavier, B., Mustin, K., Castro, I., Silvestre, S., …Toledo, J. (2020). Consequences of replacing native savannahs with acacia plantations for the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic α- and β-diversity of bats in the northern Brazilian Amazon. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 609214. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.609214

Across the globe, millions of hectares of native vegetation have been replaced by commercial plantations, with negative consequences for biodiversity. The effects of the replacement of native vegetation with commercial plantations on the functional a... Read More about Consequences of replacing native savannahs with acacia plantations for the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic α- and β-diversity of bats in the northern Brazilian Amazon.

Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences (2020)
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Christie, A., Abecasis, D., ..., .., Meyer, C., ..., .., & Sutherland, W. (2020). Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences. Nature communications, 11(1), 6377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20142-y

Building trust in science and evidence-based decision-making depends heavily on the credibility of studies and their findings. Researchers employ many different study designs that vary in their risk of bias to evaluate the true effect of intervention... Read More about Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences.

Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation (2020)
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Yoh, N., Syme, P., Rocha, R., Meyer, C., & Lopez-Baucells, A. (2020). Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation. Mammal Research, 65, 583-597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00503-0

Phyllostomids (New World leaf-nosed bats) are the ecologically most diverse bat family and have undergone the most extensive adaptive radiation of any mammalian family. However comprehensive, multi-species studies regarding phyllostomid echolocation... Read More about Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation.

Author correction : a global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space (2020)
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Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D., Chantepie, S., Andrew, N., Arlettaz, R., Barbaro, L., …Chase, J. (2020). Author correction : a global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data, 7(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0420-z

Correction to: Scientific Data https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7, published online 08 January 2020

Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats (2020)
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Silva, I., Rocha, R., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., & Meyer, C. (2020). Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats. Diversity, 12(2), e67. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020067

Vertical stratification is a key component of the biological complexity of rainforests. Understanding community- and species-level responses to disturbance across forest strata is paramount for evidence-based conservation and management. However, eve... Read More about Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats.

A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space (2020)
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Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D., Chantepie, S., Andrew, N., Arlettaz, R., Meyer, C., & et, A. (2020). A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data, 7(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment... Read More about A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space.