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A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats

  1. Charlotte L. Walters1,2,3,*,
  2. Robin Freeman4,5,
  3. Alanna Collen1,
  4. Christian Dietz6,
  5. M. Brock Fenton7,
  6. Gareth Jones8,
  7. Martin K. Obrist9,
  8. Sébastien J. Puechmaille10,11,12,
  9. Thomas Sattler13,14,15,
  10. Björn M. Siemers11,
  11. Stuart Parsons16,†,
  12. Kate E. Jones1,17,†

Article first published online: 6 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02182.x

Issue

Journal of Applied Ecology

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volume 49, Issue 5, pages 1064–1074, October 2012

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How to Cite

Walters, C. L., Freeman, R., Collen, A., Dietz, C., Brock Fenton, M., Jones, G., Obrist, M. K., Puechmaille, S. J., Sattler, ., Siemers, B. M., Parsons, S., Jones, K. E. (2012), A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49: 1064–1074. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02182.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK

  2. 2

    Bat Conservation Trust, London, UK

  3. 3

    DICE, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

  4. 4

    CoMPLEX, University College London, London, UK

  5. 5

    Computational Ecology and Environmental Science, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK

  6. 6

    Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

  7. 7

    Department of Biology, Western University, London, ON, Canada

  8. 8

    School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

  9. 9

    Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Birmensdorf, ZH, Switzerland

  10. 10

    School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

  11. 11

    Sensory Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany

  12. 12

    Groupe Chiroptères de Midi-Pyrénées (CREN-GCMP), Toulouse, France

  13. 13

    Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Bellinzona, Switzerland

  14. 14

    Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

  15. 15

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

  16. 16

    School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

  17. 17

    Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK

  1. †

    Co-senior authors.

*Correspondence author. E-mail: charlotte.walters@ioz.ac.uk

  1. †

    Co-senior authors.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 SEP 2012
  2. Article first published online: 6 AUG 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 JUN 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 17 FEB 2012

Funded by

  • NERC. Grant Number: NE/H525003/1
  • The University of Auckland
  • Leverhulme Trust
  • The Darwin Initiative. Grant Numbers: 15033, EIDPO036, EIDPR075

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