​CONSERVING BATS THROUGH RESEARCH

The Bat Conservation Research Lab in the Milner Centre of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bath, conducts research in applied conservation biology, with a particular focus on bats. Research themes include global environmental change, the effect of urban and agricultural expansion on wildlife, human-wildlife conflict and testing approaches to mitigation. The lab specialises in a wide range of techniques, including radio-tracking, acoustic monitoring and spatial modelling, and has active research programmes both in the UK and Malawi (African Bat Conservation, www.africanbatconservation.org).