Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global priority. To meet this goal, the Spanish
government is planning 89 GW of wind and solar photovoltaic energy in the draft of the National …

Bat coronaviruses (CoV) are putative precursors of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
CoV and other CoV that crossed the species barrier from zoonotic reservoirs into the …

Niche partitioning through foraging is a mechanism likely involved in facilitating the
coexistence of ecologically similar and co‐occurring animal species by separating their use of …

Molecular analysis of diet overcomes the considerable limitations of traditional techniques for
identifying prey remains in bat faeces. We collected faeces from individual Mountain Long-…

Inferences of the interactions between species’ ecological niches and spatial distribution
have been historically based on simple metrics such as low-resolution dietary breadth and …

Papillomaviruses (PVs) are widespread pathogens. However, the extent of PV infections in
bats remains largely unknown. This work represents the first comprehensive study of PVs in …

Herbivorous arthropods cause immense damage in crop production annually. Consumption
of these pests by insectivorous animals is of significant importance to counteract their …

Habitat selection was studied in two rhinolophid (Chiroptera) species, Rhinolophus mehelyi
and R. euryale, breeding in the same roost in south-west Spain. The first analysis of habitat …

Conservation efforts for endangered animals commonly focus on the protection of foraging
habitats, aiming to ensure sufficient food availability. However, the diet of many species is …

We studied the effect of habitat type and prey availability on the foraging decisions of the
Mediterranean horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus euryale), a species specialized for cluttered …