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Jens Rydell

Jens Rydell

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
5645
World Ranking
5650
National Ranking
137

Overview

Jens Rydell was affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and contributed to multiple areas within environmental and biological sciences, primarily focusing on bat biology and ecology. Their research spanned various topics linked to wildlife ecology, zoonotic diseases, the impact of environmental factors on species, and human-animal interactions.

Their notable papers included:

  • "Dramatic decline of northern bat Eptesicus nilssonii in Sweden over 30 years" (2020), Royal Society Open Science
  • "The Impact Of Light Pollution On Bats Varies According To Foraging Guild And Habitat Context" (2021), BioScience
  • "A Scheimpflug lidar used to observe insect swarming at a wind turbine" (2020), Ecological Indicators
  • "Bat Fatalities at Wind-Farms in the Lowland Mediterranean of Southern Spain" (2020), Acta Chiropterologica
  • "Attitudes towards Bats in Swedish History" (2021), Journal of Ethnobiology

Rydell frequently collaborated with several researchers, including Sonia Sánchez-Navarro, Johan Eklöf, Christian C. Voigt, Jasja Dekker, and Marcus Fritze.

Their work was published across multiple specialized venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Acta Chiropterologica
  • BioScience
  • Mammalian Biology
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Royal Society Open Science

The main fields of study they contributed to were Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, their subfields of research encompassed:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Global and Planetary Change

Several main research topics characterized their body of work, including:

  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Jens Rydell's contributions reflect a focus on ecological impacts affecting bat populations and related environmental concerns, with an emphasis on empirical observation and conservation issues within their scientific output.

Best Publications

  • Timing of foraging flights of three species of bats in relation to insect activity and predation risk

    Jens Rydell;Abigail Entwistle;Paul A. Racey

  • Exploitation of Insects around Streetlamps by Bats in Sweden

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  • Bat Mortality at Wind Turbines in Northwestern Europe

    Jens Rydell;Lothar Bach;Marie-Jo Dubourg-Savage;Martin Green

  • Functional significance of emergence timing in bats

    P. Laurent Duvergé;Gareth Jones;Jens Rydell;Roger D. Ransome

  • Acoustic identification of insectivorous bats (order Chiroptera) of Yucatan, Mexico

    J. Rydell;H. T. Arita;M. Santos;J. Granados

  • Use of lamplit roads by foraging bats in southern England

    D. Blake;A. M. Hutson;P. A. Racey;J. Rydell

  • Echolocation call design and limits on prey size: a case study using the aerial-hawking bat Nyctalus leisleri

    Dean A. Waters;Jens Rydell;Gareth Jones

  • Testing the performances of automated identification of bat echolocation calls: A request for prudence

    Jens Rydell;Stefan Nyman;Johan Eklöf;Gareth A. Jones

  • Impacts of wind energy development on bats : A global perspective

    Edward B. Arnett;Erin F. Baerwald;Fiona Mathews;Luisa Rodrigues

  • Feeding activity of the northern bat Eptesicus nilssoni during pregnancy and lactation.

    Jens Rydell

  • Evolution of nocturnality in bats: Potential competitors and predators during their early history

    J. Rydell;J. R. Speakman

  • Signal strength, timing, and self-deafening: the evolution of echolocation in bats

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  • Seasonal use of illuminated areas by foraging northern bats Eptesicus nilssoni

    Jens Rydell

  • Mortality of bats at wind turbines links to nocturnal insect migration

    Jens Rydell;Lothar Bach;Marie-Jo Dubourg-Savage;Martin Green

  • Activity patterns of insectivorous bats and birds in northern Scandinavia (69° N), during continuous midsummer daylight

    J. R. Speakman;J. Rydell;P. I. Webb;J. P. Hayes

  • Variation in Foraging Activity of an Aerial Insectivorous Bat during Reproduction

    Jens Rydell

  • Low-Frequency Echolocation Enables the Bat Tadarida teniotis to Feed on Tympanate Insects

    Jens Rydell;Raphael Arlettaz

  • Food habits of northern (Eptesicus nilssoni) and brown long-eared (Plecotus auritus) bats in Sweden

    Jens Rydell

  • Echolocation constraints of Daubenton’s Bat foraging over water

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  • Echolocating bats and hearing moths: who are the winners?

    Jens Rydell;Gareth Jones;Dean Waters

  • No lunar phobia in swarming insectivorous bats (family Vespertilionidae)

    Britt-Louise Karlsson;Johan Eklöf;Jens Rydell

  • Feeding Territoriality in Female Northern Bats, Eptesicus nilssoni

    Jens Rydell

  • Food habits of the barbastelle bat Barbastella barbastellus

    Jens Rydell;Guenther Natuschke;Alex Theiler;Peter E. Zingg

  • Behavioural Variation in Echolocation Pulses of the Northern Bat, Eptesicus nilssoni

    Jens Rydell

  • Attack and defence: interactions between echolocating bats and their insect prey

    G Jones;J Rydell

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan S. Eklöf
Johan S. Eklöf Stockholm University
Danilo Russo
Danilo Russo University of Naples Federico II
Gareth Jones
Gareth Jones University of Bristol
Anders Hedenström
Anders Hedenström Lund University
Susanne Åkesson
Susanne Åkesson Lund University
Leonardo Ancillotto
Leonardo Ancillotto University of Naples Federico II
Christian C. Voigt
Christian C. Voigt Leibniz Association
Carlos F. Ibáñez
Carlos F. Ibáñez Karolinska Institute
Anthony J. Weiss
Anthony J. Weiss Tel Aviv University
John R. Speakman
John R. Speakman University of Aberdeen

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