All Outputs (17)

Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity (2023)
Journal Article

Sound is a critical component of an animal's habitat, where it is used to glean important environmental information from their surroundings. The modification of natural soundscapes due to the global rise in anthropogenic noise pollution over recent d... Read More about Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity.

What drives bat activity at field boundaries? (2022)
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Field boundaries are important habitat for bats in agricultural landscapes, serving as commuting and foraging areas for many species. The goal of our study was to better understand the drivers of bat activity in agricultural landscapes to inform cons... Read More about What drives bat activity at field boundaries?.

Using camera trap bycatch data to assess habitat use and the influence of human activity on African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kasungu National Park, Malawi (2022)
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African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are increasingly exposed to high levels of human disturbance and are threatened by poaching and human–elephant conflict. As anthropogenic pressures continue to increase, both inside and outside protected areas,... Read More about Using camera trap bycatch data to assess habitat use and the influence of human activity on African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kasungu National Park, Malawi.

Lighting up our waterways: Impacts of a current mitigation strategy on Riparian bats (2022)
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Increasing levels of artificial light at night (ALAN) are a major threat to global biodiversity and can have negative impacts on a wide variety of organisms and their ecosystems. Nocturnal species such as bats are highly vulnerable to the detrimental... Read More about Lighting up our waterways: Impacts of a current mitigation strategy on Riparian bats.

Prey availability and intraguild competition regulate the spatiotemporal dynamics of a modified large carnivore guild (2021)
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Effective conservation management requires an understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics driving large carnivore density and resource partitioning. In African ecosystems, reduced prey populations and the loss of competing guild members, most notabl... Read More about Prey availability and intraguild competition regulate the spatiotemporal dynamics of a modified large carnivore guild.

Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning (2020)
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Increasing urbanisation has led to a greater use of artificial structures by bats as alternative roost sites. Despite the widespread presence of bats, roost availability may restrict their distribution and abundance in urban environments. There is li... Read More about Roost selection by Mauritian tomb bats (Taphozus mauritianus) in Lilongwe city, Malawi – importance of woodland for sustainable urban planning.

Spatial partial identity model reveals low densities of leopard and spotted hyaena in a miombo woodland (2020)
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Decline in global carnivore populations has led to increased demand for assessment of carnivore densities in understudied habitats. Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) is used increasingly to estimate species densities, where individuals are often identi... Read More about Spatial partial identity model reveals low densities of leopard and spotted hyaena in a miombo woodland.

First confirmed record of suni (Neotragus moschatus) and rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata) in Nyika National Park, Malawi (2019)
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Conservation of National Parks depends on accurate measurements of biodiversity, and therefore keeping an accurate list of species is key to determining biodiversity loss or gain in an ecosystem. This study confirms the presence of two disputed speci... Read More about First confirmed record of suni (Neotragus moschatus) and rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata) in Nyika National Park, Malawi.

Experimentally manipulating light spectra reveals the importance of dark corridors for commuting bats (2018)
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© 2018 The Authors Global Change Biology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd The rapid global spread of artificial light at night is causing unprecedented disruption to ecosystems. In otherwise dark environments, street lights restrict the use of ma... Read More about Experimentally manipulating light spectra reveals the importance of dark corridors for commuting bats.

Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street lights to aerial nocturnal insects (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society Sodium street lights, dominated by long wavelengths of light, are being replaced by broad-spectrum, white lights globally, in... Read More about Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street lights to aerial nocturnal insects.

The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation (2016)
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Establishing and maintaining protected areas (PAs) are key tools for biodiversity conservation. However, this approach is insufficient for many species, particularly those that are wide-ranging and sparse. The cheetah Acinonyx jubatus exemplifies suc... Read More about The global decline of cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and what it means for conservation.

Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types? (2016)
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© 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. LED lighting is predicted to constitute 70% of the outdoor and residential lighting markets by 2020. While the use of LEDs promotes energy and cost savings relative to tr... Read More about Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: Do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?.

Mitigating the impact of Bats in historic churches: The response of Natterer's Bats Myotis nattereri to artificial roosts and deterrence (2016)
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© 2016 Zeale et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cred... Read More about Mitigating the impact of Bats in historic churches: The response of Natterer's Bats Myotis nattereri to artificial roosts and deterrence.

Managing conflict between bats and humans: The response of soprano pipistrelles (pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion from roosts in houses (2015)
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Copyright: © 2015 Stone et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and sour... Read More about Managing conflict between bats and humans: The response of soprano pipistrelles (pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion from roosts in houses.

Light-emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls (2015)
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© 2015 The Authors. The light-emitting diode (LED) street light market is expanding globally, and it is important to understand how LED lights affect wildlife populations. We compared evasive flight responses of moths to bat echolocation calls experi... Read More about Light-emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls.

The impacts of new street light technologies: Experimentally testing the effects on bats of changing from low-pressure sodium to white metal halide (2015)
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© 2015 The Authors. All rights reserved. Artificial light at night is a major feature of anthropogenic global change and is increasingly recognized as affecting biodiversity, often negatively. On a global scale, newer technology white lights are repl... Read More about The impacts of new street light technologies: Experimentally testing the effects on bats of changing from low-pressure sodium to white metal halide.

Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations? (2008)
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Even though they are fed daily by their owners, free-ranging pet cats Felis catus may kill wild birds and, given their high densities (typically > 200 cats/km2), it has been postulated that cat predation could be a significant negative factor affecti... Read More about Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?.