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PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Papers

Morales, A.E., Liang, Y., Thomas, W.R.,... Stone.E.L., ... & Teeling, E. (2026) Reference genomes and fossils revise bat family phylogeny and biogeography. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11007-3

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Scaramella, C., Lintott, P., Raizin, R., Hooker, J., Watkins, M., Stone, E.L. (2026). Artificial light colour temperature influences bat activity patterns in subterranean communities: evidence from disused tunnels. Biological Conservation. In Press.

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Wawman, D., Foxley, T., Stone, E.L., Razgour. O. (2026). Not extinct but thriving – the rediscovery of the Horseshoe Bat Fly Phthiridium biarticulatum (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) in the United Kingdom. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. In press.

 

Jenkins, T., Foxley, T., Malovchiko, Y., Stone, E.L., Razgour. O. (2026). Artificial light at night induces stress and affects evolutionary change in bats. Biological Conservation. In press.

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Foxley, T., Lintott, P., Stonehouse, S., Flannigan, J., & Stone, E.L. (2025) A high resolution spatial modelling framework for landscape-level, strategic conservation planning. Ecological Informatics, 91, 103363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103363

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Foxley, T., Lintott, P. & Stone, E.L. (2025) Habitat suitability is correlated with acoustic activity of bats. Landscape Ecology, 40, 234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-025-02254-2.

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Hooker, J., Foxley, T., Stone, E.L., and Lintott, P. (2024). Re-establishing historic ecosystem links through targeted species reintroduction: Beaver-mediated wetlands support increased bat activity . Science of the Total Environment, 951, 175661.

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Hooker, J., Daley, E., Stone, E. L. & Lintott, P., (2023). Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4(2), p.e12250.

 

Foxley, T., Lintott, P. and Stone, E. L. (2023). What drives bat activity at field boundaries? Journal of Environmental Management. 329, p.117029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117029

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Hooker, J., Lintott, P., & Stone, E.L. (2022) Lighting up our waterways: Impacts of a current mitigation strategy on riparian bats. Environmental Pollution. 307, 119552.

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Davis, R.S., Gentle, L.K., Mgoola, W.O.  Stone.E.L., Uzal, A. Yarnell, R.W. (2022). Using camera trap bycatch data to assess habitat use and the influence of human activity on African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kasungu National Park, Malawi. Mammalian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00330-7

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Davis, R.S., Gentle, L.K., Mgoola, W.O. Stone.E.L., Uzal, A. Yarnell, R.W. (2023). Habitat structure and the presence of large carnivores shape the site use of an understudied small carnivore: caracal ecology in a miombo woodland. Mammalian Research. 68, 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-022-00655-1

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Zeale, M. R. K., Stone, E. L., Zeale, E., Browne, W. J., Harris, S. and Jones, G. (2018). Experimentally manipulating light spectra reveals the importance of dark corridors for commuting bats. Global Change Biology, 24 (12). pp. 5909-5918. ISSN 1354-1013.

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Wakefield, A., Broyles, M., Stone, E.L, Harris, S., Jones, G. (2017) Quantifying the attractiveness of broad-spectrum street light to aerial nocturnal insects. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 1-9, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13004. 

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Wakefield, A., Broyles, M., Stone, E.L., Jones, G., Harris, S. (2016) Experimentally comparing the attractiveness of domestic lights to insects: do LEDs attract fewer insects than conventional light types?" Ecology and Evolution, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2527.  

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Wakefield, A., Stone, E.L, Harris, S., Jones, G. (2015) Light emitting diode street lights reduce last-ditch evasive manoeuvres by moths to bat echolocation calls. Royal Society of Open Science, 2(8):150291. doi: 10.1098/rsos.150291.

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Zeale, M.R.K., Bennitt, E., Newson, S.E., Packman, C., Browne, W.J., Harris, S., Jones, G., & Stone, E.L. (2016) Mitigating the impact of bats in historic churches: the response of Natterer’s bats (Myotis nattereri) to artificial roosts and deterrence. PLOS ONE, 11, doi.org / 10.1371/journal. pone.0146782.

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Rowse, E.G., Lewanzik, D., Stone, E.L., Harris, S., Jones, G. (2016) Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats. In Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World. C.C. Voigt and T. Kingston, (eds.). Springer International Publishing: Cham. p. 187-213.

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Stone, E.L., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2015). Invited paper, Impact of artificial lighting on bats: A review of challenges and solutions. Mammalian Biology, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2015.02.004

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Stone, E.L., Zeale, M.R.K., Newson, S., Browne, W.J., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2015). Managing bat-human conflict: the response of house-dwelling soprano pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) to exclusion. PLOS ONE, 10, e0131825, doi/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0131825

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Stone, E.L., Wakefield, A., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2015). invited paper, The impacts of new street light technologies: experimentally testing the effect on bats of changing from low-pressure sodium to white metal halide. Philisophical Transactions. B. 370, 20140127, doi/10.1098/rstb.2014.0127

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​Stone, E.L., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2013). Mitigating the effect of development on wildlife:  patterns of impact and effectiveness of legislation for bats in England. Conservation Biology, 27 (6)  1324-1334.

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Stone, E.L., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2012). Conserving energy at a cost to biodiversity? Impacts of LED lighting on bats. Global Change Biology. 18, p2458-2465.

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Stone, E.L., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2009). Street-lighting disturbs commuting bats. Current Biology. 19, p1223-1227.

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Baker, P.J., Molony, S.E., Stone, E.L., Cuthill, I.C., & Harris, S. (2008). Cats about town: is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?. Ibis. 150, p86-99.

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Book Chapters

 

Stone, E.L. Bats in a changing world: how humans have affected bat populations in the Anthropocene. Stanley, C. (2026) The Social Lives of Bats: from roosting rituals to dinner dates. Pelagic publishing. ISBN 9781784276614.  The Social Lives of Bats - Stanley - Pelagic Publishing - 9781784276614

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Abbott, I., Berthinussen, A., Stone, E.L., Boonman, M., Melber, M., & ALtringham, J. (2015) Bats and roads. In  Handbook of Road Ecology. van der Ree, R., Smith, D.J. and Grilo, C (eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Oxford. 552 pp. ISBN: 978-1-118-56818-7. 

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Rowse, E.G., Lewanzik, D., Stone E.L., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2014) Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats, In Bats in the Anthropocene: conservation of bats in a changing world. In submission. 

Reports

Stone, E.L. (2013). Bats and lighting: Overview of current evidence and mitigation. University of Bristol, and Bat Conservation Trust UK (Download a copy of this guidance document here).

Media Publications

Bridging the gap: helping bats to help you. (2017) Mammal News, 14-15. Spring Edition. Download it here.

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