Climbats - COST Action CA18107
Climate Change and Bats: from Science to Conservation
Description of the Action
Climate change poses major threats to biological communities and the ecosystem services they provide. Bats are sensitive to human-driven habitat alteration, and changes in temperature and water availability induced by climate change may affect their distribution and survival.
Climate change is therefore likely to influence European bat populations and, by affecting insect consumption by bats in farmland, forests and urban areas, there are likely to be serious consequences for both conservation and the economy.
The video below tells you more about our Action!
Focus Areas
Bat distribution change
Define, predict and quantify the effects of climate change on bats across Europe
Bat monitoring networks
Establish strategies to develop a network to monitor and predict changes in bat distribution and inform future management and policy
Insect consumption
Evaluate the effects of climate change on insectivory provided by bats in farmland
Lastest Updates
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Prof. Danilo Russo, chair of @batstothefuture will be talking ‘Bats and Climate Change’ in a webinar on Monday 12th February at 8pm CET, 7pm GMT.
Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qcOuopzkjGdzitR5eHKaZPDnnDoHPqSfd
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link.
Many of you have already read our review of the effects of the #ClimateCrisis on European #bats!
🦇Our recommendations require collective action and are a call to action for bat conservationists! 🦇
Find details of this work at https://climbats.eu/ and our MUST READ report!
Seguim informant-vos de les contribucions de @Ratpenats_Cat en estudis internacionals punters per la conservació de 🦇. Aquesta vegada amb una participació activa dins el projecte @COSTprogramme - @batstothefuture per part de @dlobo_wildlife @TuneuCarme i @adria_baucells.
#bats
🦇How will the #ClimateCrisis affect European conservation for #bats?🦇
What about bat distribution, behaviour and survival?
How is this going to affect our ecosystems?
And what must we do about it?
All you NEED TO KNOW is in our comprehensive review!
https://climbats.eu/wp-content/uploads/lay-summary.pdf
IT'S HERE! The Comprehensive Review of the Effects of Climate Change on European Bats!🦇
Compiled from contributions of 41 researchers, we have the NEED TO KNOW predictions and recommendations on how to best manage vitally important #bats across Europe.
https://climbats.eu/wp-content/uploads/lay-summary.pdf
Rice is a world food staple, but rice borer moths can decimate this crop.
Research led by Dr. Adrià López-Baucells highlights how making homes for soprano pipistrelles #bats can help control this pest and potential save farmers around 93–110 €/ha/year. https://www.merlintuttle.org/bats-aid-rice-farmers-in-spain/
