Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Christian C. Voigt · Tigga Kingston Editors

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

EditorsChristian C. VoigtBerlinGermany

ISBN 978-3-319-25218-6 ISBN 978-3-319-25220-9 (eBook)DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9

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Tigga KingstonLubbock, TXUSA

For Thomas H. Kunz and Otto von Helversen for sharing with us their passion for bats.

For Silke, Philippa and Florian (CCV) and for Danny (TK) for their inspiration and patience.

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Contents

1 Bats in the Anthropocene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Christian C. Voigt and Tigga Kingston

Part I Bats in Anthropogenically Changed Landscapes

2 Urbanisation and Its Effects on Bats—A Global Meta-Analysis . . . . 13Kirsten Jung and Caragh G. Threlfall

3 Bats and Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35John Altringham and Gerald Kerth

4 Responses of Tropical Bats to Habitat Fragmentation, Logging, and Deforestation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Christoph F.J. Meyer, Matthew J. Struebig and Michael R. Willig

5 Insectivorous Bats and Silviculture: Balancing Timber Production and Bat Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105Bradley Law, Kirsty J. Park and Michael J. Lacki

6 Bats in the Anthropogenic Matrix: Challenges and Opportunities for the Conservation of Chiroptera and Their Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes . . . . . . . . 151Kimberly Williams-Guillén, Elissa Olimpi, Bea Maas, Peter J. Taylor and Raphaël Arlettaz

7 Dark Matters: The Effects of Artificial Lighting on Bats . . . . . . . . . . 187E.G. Rowse, D. Lewanzik, E.L. Stone, S. Harris and G. Jones

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8 Bats and Water: Anthropogenic Alterations Threaten Global Bat Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Carmi Korine, Rick Adams, Danilo Russo, Marina Fisher-Phelps and David Jacobs

Part II Emerging Disesases

9 White-Nose Syndrome in Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Winifred F. Frick, Sébastien J. Puechmaille and Craig K.R. Willis

10 Zoonotic Viruses and Conservation of Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Karin Schneeberger and Christian C. Voigt

Part III Human-Bat Conflicts

11 Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: A Global Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Edward B. Arnett, Erin F. Baerwald, Fiona Mathews, Luisa Rodrigues, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Jens Rydell, Rafael Villegas-Patraca and Christian C. Voigt

12 Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Tammy Mildenstein, Iroro Tanshi and Paul A. Racey

13 The Conflict Between Pteropodid Bats and Fruit Growers: Species, Legislation and Mitigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Sheema Abdul Aziz, Kevin J. Olival, Sara Bumrungsri, Greg C. Richards and Paul A. Racey

14 Bats and Buildings: The Conservation of Synanthropic Bats . . . . . . . 427Christian C. Voigt, Kendra L. Phelps, Luis F. Aguirre, M. Corrie Schoeman, Juliet Vanitharani and Akbar Zubaid

15 Conservation Ecology of Cave Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463Neil M. Furey and Paul A. Racey

Part IV Conservation Approaches, Educational and Outreach Programs

16 The Roles of Taxonomy and Systematics in Bat Conservation . . . . . . 503Susan M. Tsang, Andrea L. Cirranello, Paul J.J. Bates and Nancy B. Simmons

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17 Networking Networks for Global Bat Conservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539Tigga Kingston, Luis Aguirre, Kyle Armstrong, Rob Mies, Paul Racey, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera and Dave Waldien

18 Cute, Creepy, or Crispy—How Values, Attitudes, and Norms Shape Human Behavior Toward Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571Tigga Kingston

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597