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PUBLICATIONS

Peer Reviewed Papers

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.

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

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.

Davis, R.S., Gentle, L.K., Mgoola, W.O. et al. 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. Mamm Biol (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00330-7

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

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.

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. 

Wakefield, A., Broyles, M., Stone, E., 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.  

Wakefield, A., Broyles, M., Stone, E., Harris, S., Jones, G. (2016) Quantifying the attractiveness of new and old street light technologies to aerial nocturnal insects. Journal of Applied Ecology, in submission.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Stone, E.L., Wakefield, A., Jones, G., & Harris, S. (2014) invited paper in press, Testing the impacts of new street lighting technologies: comparisons of low pressure sodium and white CosmoPolis lights on bats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Stone, E.L., Harris, S., & Jones, G. (2014) invited paper in press, Impact of artificial lighting on bats: challenges and solutions a review, Mammalian Biology.

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.

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.

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

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.

Book Chapters

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. 

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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