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View article: Bats flying through a Y-maze are visually attracted to wind turbine surfaces
Bats flying through a Y-maze are visually attracted to wind turbine surfaces Open
Wind energy’s rapid expansion has led to unintended consequences for wildlife, with migratory bats among the species most at risk. The behavioural mechanisms underlying collisions remain poorly understood, but one hypothesis is that bats a…
View article: Bats and Wind Turbines: Adding Ecological Context to the Olfaction Hypothesis
Bats and Wind Turbines: Adding Ecological Context to the Olfaction Hypothesis Open
Several hypotheses attempt to explain why bats collide with wind turbines. One recent hypothesis is that collisions result from bats scent marking turbines and that scent-marked turbines produce odor plumes that attract bats. This olfactio…
View article: Unusual migratory strategy a key factor driving interactions at wind energy facilities in at-risk bats
Unusual migratory strategy a key factor driving interactions at wind energy facilities in at-risk bats Open
Seasonal movement strategies are poorly understood for most animals, impeding broader understanding of processes underlying migration and limiting practical conservation needs. Here we develop and implement a framework for integrating mult…
View article: New Frontiers in Wind-Wildlife Monitoring Systems
New Frontiers in Wind-Wildlife Monitoring Systems Open
View article: Surface and subsurface oceanographic features drive forage fish distributions and aggregations: Implications for prey availability to top predators in the <scp>US</scp> Northeast Shelf ecosystem
Surface and subsurface oceanographic features drive forage fish distributions and aggregations: Implications for prey availability to top predators in the <span>US</span> Northeast Shelf ecosystem Open
Forage fishes are a critical food web link in marine ecosystems, aggregating in a hierarchical patch structure over multiple spatial and temporal scales. Surface‐level forage fish aggregations (FFAs) represent a concentrated source of prey…
View article: Surface and subsurface oceanographic features drive forage fish distributions and aggregations: Implications for prey availability to top predators in the US Northeast Shelf ecosystem
Surface and subsurface oceanographic features drive forage fish distributions and aggregations: Implications for prey availability to top predators in the US Northeast Shelf ecosystem Open
Forage fishes are a critical food web link in marine ecosystems, aggregating in a hierarchical patch structure over multiple spatial and temporal scales. Surface-level forage fish aggregations (FFAs) represent a concentrated source of avai…
View article: Relating wing morphology and immune function to patterns of partial and differential bat migration using stable isotopes
Relating wing morphology and immune function to patterns of partial and differential bat migration using stable isotopes Open
Migration is energetically expensive and is predicted to drive similar morphological adaptations and physiological trade‐offs in migratory bats and birds. Previous studies suggest that fixed traits like wing morphology vary among species a…
View article: Testing Predictions of Optimal Migration Theory in Migratory Bats
Testing Predictions of Optimal Migration Theory in Migratory Bats Open
Optimal migration theory is a framework used to evaluate trade-offs associated with migratory strategies. Two strategies frequently considered by migration theory are time minimizing, whereby migration is completed as quickly as possible, …
View article: Minimally invasive collection of adipose tissue facilitates the study of eco‐physiology in small‐bodied mammals
Minimally invasive collection of adipose tissue facilitates the study of eco‐physiology in small‐bodied mammals Open
Summary Adipose tissue is the primary fuel storage for vertebrates and is an important component of energy budgets during periods of peak energetic demands. Investigating the composition of adipose tissue can provide information about ener…