Bat species richness in San Diego, C.A. decreases as artificial lights, urbanization, and unconserved land increase, with Townsend's big-eared bat especially affected

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Townsend’s big-eared bat captured in a mist net during field studies in California.

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Bat species richness in San Diego, C.A. decreases as artificial lights, urbanization, and unconserved land increase, with Townsend's big-eared bat especially affected

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0310812

Article Title: Quantification of threats to bats at localized spatial scales for conservation and management

Author Countries: U.S.A.

Funding: The United States Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center and Ecosystems Mission Area provided funding and support, and the National Science Foundation provided funding through the INTERN program and grants IOS-1656867 and IOS-1656708. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Journal

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0310812 

Article Title

Quantification of threats to bats at localized spatial scales for conservation and management

Article Publication Date

9-Oct-2024