Keeping rare species connected in urban areas
Plans to protect multiple rare species across a gradient of urban areas in Michigan provide a template for preserving biodiversity in an increasingly urban world.
Microbats benefit from a restored corridor in tropical northern Australia
Detections in a replanted forest corridor in Queensland show that while some bats may be sensitive to fragmentation, they can respond positively to the re-establishment of connectivity.
Habitat fragmentation and sexual segregation
Citizen science data on bats in England shows how males and females respond differently to woodland fragmentation and connectivity.
Using dark infrastructure to combat artificial light at night
Incorporating darkened corridors and other pathways into urban areas can help support nocturnal species whose movement is seriously impeded by nighttime light.
Borderlands wins big for bats and Bacanora
Borderlands Restoration Network, winner of the recent Connectivity Challenge from Colorado State University's Salazar Center, aims for bi-national conservation and sustainability.
Species in similar habitats still face unique climate and land-use threats
Even when occupying similar landscapes, some species might experience unique changes to their habitat networks under future climate and land-use conditions.
Small-scale connectivity makes a big impact for some species
Several recent studies show that conservation actions at the fine-scale can add value to the landscape, even when they seem small.
Can conservation corridor toolsets inform strategic planning to improve functional connectivity?
Bats serve as a model to show that spatially accurate functional connectivity models can be created at a local scale to help planners and conservationists reduce human-wildlife conflicts.
Habitat fragmentation and its consequences for plant progeny
A review looking at almost 200 plant species shows that for most of them, fragmentation has serious negative consequences on the genetic fitness of their progeny.
Bat overpasses: A potential solution to restore habitat connectivity across roads
Roads have strong impacts on the connectivity of landscapes, even for animals that can fly over, like bats.
The fate of bats under climate change and habitat fragmentation
Four new research papers detail how bat biodiversity is likely to change in the future across different tropical regions.
The role of a biological corridor in maintaining genetic connectivity of fruit bats
A study of fruit bat genetics examines whether the San Juan-La Selva biological corridor in Costa Rica protects connectivity between bat populations despite ongoing agricultural intensification from surrounding pineapple plantations.
Coffee, tea, and their influence on bats in the Ghats
Bat diversity and morphological traits vary between habitats such as protected forest, shade-grown coffee plantations, and open canopy tea plantations.
Protecting the path for bats through Brazil’s largest savannah
The Brazilian Cerrado is the largest continuous savannah in South America and considered to be the most biodiverse savannah in the world. Included in this biodiversity is over 100 species of bats, more than 10% [...]
Bright lights, big city – and bats?
Green infrastructure through urban areas can help nocturnal animals, but only if artificial lights don't act as barriers to crossing through them.