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Manuel Ruedi is affiliated with the Natural History Museum of Geneva in Switzerland. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Paleontology, and Genetics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to bat biology and ecology, species distribution and climate change, evolution and paleontology studies, viral infections and vectors, wildlife ecology and conservation, environmental and biological research in conflict zones, and the use of environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Manuel Ruedi are:

  • A Recent Survey of Bats with Descriptions of Echolocation Calls and New Records from the Western Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand, India, 2020, Acta Chiropterologica
  • Citizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite, 2021, Toxicon X
  • Food for everyone: Differential feeding habits of cryptic bat species inferred from DNA metabarcoding, 2021, Molecular Ecology
  • Karyotypic stasis and swarming influenced the evolution of viral tolerance in a species-rich bat radiation, 2024, Cell Genomics
  • Molecular and morphological revision of small Myotinae from the Himalayas shed new light on the poorly known genus Submyotodon (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), 2021, Mammalian Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Manuel Ruedi include:

  • Uttam Saikia
  • Gábor Csorba
  • Rohit Chakravarty
  • Tommy Andriollo
  • Johan Michaux

Manuel Ruedi's publications have appeared in several recurrent venues, which include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Acta Chiropterologica
  • Revue suisse de zoologie
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Best Publications

  • The Hidden Side of Invasions: Massive Introgression by Local Genes

    Mathias Currat;Mathias Currat;Manuel Rüedi;Rémy J. Petit;Laurent Georges Louis Excoffier

  • Molecular systematics of bats of the genus Myotis (Vespertilionidae) suggests deterministic ecomorphological convergences.

    Manuel Ruedi;Frieder Mayer

  • The Iberian contribution to cryptic diversity in European bats

    Carlos Ibáñez;Juan L. García-Mudarra;Manuel Ruedi;Benoît Stadelmann

  • Molecular phylogeny of New World Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA genes.

    B. Stadelmann;L.-K. Lin;T.H. Kunz;M. Ruedi

  • Is the Gibraltar strait a barrier to gene flow for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)?

    V. Castella;Manuel Ruedi;Laurent Excoffier;Carlos Ibáñez

  • Contrasted patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear structure among nursery colonies of the bat Myotis myotis

    V. Castella;M. Ruedi;L. Excoffier

  • Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions identify East Asia as the cradle for the evolution of the cosmopolitan genus Myotis (Mammalia, Chiroptera)

    Manuel Ruedi;Benoît Stadelmann;Benoît Stadelmann;Yann Gager;Emmanuel J.P. Douzery;Emmanuel J.P. Douzery

  • Recurrent replacement of mtDNA and cryptic hybridization between two sibling bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii

    Pierre Berthier;Laurent Excoffier;Manuel Ruedi

  • Mitochondrial phylogeography of the long-eared bats (Plecotus) in the Mediterranean Palaearctic and Atlantic Islands.

    Javier Juste;Carlos Ibáñez;Joaquin Muñoz;Domingo Trujillo

  • Phylogeny of African Myotis bats (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) inferred from cytochrome b sequences

    Benoît Stadelmann;Benoît Stadelmann;David S. Jacobs;Corrie Schoeman;Manuel Ruedi

  • Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

    Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Luis M.P. Ceríaco;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Eliécer E. Gutiérrez;Alain Dubois;Cristian Simón Abdala

  • Genetic consequences of the ice ages on nurseries of the bat Myotis myotis: a mitochondrial and nuclear survey.

    M. Ruedi;V. Castella

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Myotis indicate familial-level divergence for the genus Cistugo (Chiroptera)

    Justin B. Lack;Zachary P. Roehrs;Craig E. Stanley;Manuel Ruedi

  • A new perspective on the zoogeography of the sibling mouse-eared bat species Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii: morphological, genetical and ecological evidence

    R. Arlettaz;M. Ruedi;C. Ibañez;J. Palmeirim

  • Molecular cophylogenetic relationships between European bats and their ectoparasitic mites (Acari, Spinturnicidae).

    Nadia Bruyndonckx;Sylvain Dubey;Manuel Ruedi;Philippe Christe

  • Taxonomy, skull diversity and evolution in a species complex of Myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): a geometric morphometric appraisal

    Allowen Evin;Michel Baylac;Manuel Ruedi;Mauro Mucedda

  • Phylogenetic evidence of mitochondrial DNA introgression among pocket gophers in New Mexico (family Geomyidae)

    M. Ruedi;M. F. Smith;J. L. Patton

  • Biogeographic origin and radiation of the Old World crocidurine shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes.

    Sylvain Dubey;Nicolas Salamin;Manuel Ruedi;Patrick Barrière

  • Characterization of highly variable microsatellite loci in the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae).

    V. Castella;M. Ruedi

  • Molecular Systematics of the Fishing Bat Myotis (Pizonyx) vivesi

    Benoît Yves Stadelmann;Benoît Yves Stadelmann;L.G. Herrera;J. Arroyo-Cabrales;J. J. Flores-Martínez

  • Italy as a major ice age refuge area for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae) in Europe

    Manuel Ruedi;Simon Walter;Martin C. Fischer;Dino Scaravelli

  • Taxonomic revision of shrews of the genus Crocidura from the Sunda Shelf and Sulawesi with description of two new species (Mammalia: Soricidae)

    Manuel Ruedi

  • Comparative phylogeography of bamboo bats of the genus Tylonycteris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Southeast Asia

    Vuong Tan Tu;Gábor Csorba;Manuel Ruedi;Neil M. Furey

  • Genetic structure of Gymnures (genus Hylomys; Erinaceidae) on continental islands of Southeast Asia: historical effects of fragmentation

    M. Ruedi;M. Ruedi;L. Fumagalli

  • Diversification rates have no effect on the convergent evolution of foraging strategies in the most speciose genus of bats, Myotis.

    Ariadna E. Morales;Ariadna E. Morales;Manuel Ruedi;Kathryn Field;Bryan C. Carstens

  • The biogeography of Miniopterus bats (Chiroptera: Miniopteridae) from the Comoro Archipelago inferred from mitochondrial DNA

    Nicole Weyeneth;Steven M. Goodman;William T. Stanley;Manuel Ruedi

  • Cryptic Diversity in Common Mustached Bats Pteronotus cf. parnellii (Mormoopidae) in French Guiana and Brazilian Amapa

    Benoit De Thoisy;Ana Carolina Pavan;Marguerite Delaval;Anne Lavergne

  • Population genetic structure of the Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) in western Europe and the associated occurrence of rabies

    Helen Atterby;James N. Aegerter;Graham C. Smith;Christine M. Conyers

  • The menu varies with metabarcoding practices: A case study with the bat Plecotus auritus

    Tommy Andriollo;Tommy Andriollo;François Gillet;François Gillet;Johan R. Michaux;Manuel Ruedi

  • Two Mitochondrial Barcodes for one Biological Species: The Case of European Kuhl's Pipistrelles (Chiroptera).

    Tommy Andriollo;Yamama Naciri;Manuel Ruedi

  • Cytonuclear discordance and the species status of Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii (Chiroptera)

    Andrzej Furman;Emrah Çoraman;Yalin E. Çelik;Tomasz Postawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos F. Ibáñez
Carlos F. Ibáñez Karolinska Institute
Raphaël Arlettaz
Raphaël Arlettaz University of Bern
François Catzeflis
François Catzeflis University of Montpellier
Laurent Excoffier
Laurent Excoffier University of Bern
Javier Juste
Javier Juste Spanish National Research Council
Jorge M. Palmeirim
Jorge M. Palmeirim University of Lisbon
Ara Monadjem
Ara Monadjem University of Pretoria
Emma C. Teeling
Emma C. Teeling University College Dublin
Johan Michaux
Johan Michaux University of Liège
Lawrence R. Heaney
Lawrence R. Heaney Field Museum of Natural History

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