Bat community response to intensification of biomass production for bioenergy across the southeastern United States

Human demand for food, fiber, and space is accelerating the rate of change of land cover and land use. Much of the world now consists of a matrix of natural forests, managed forests, agricultural cropland, and urbanized plots. Expansion of domestic energy production efforts in the United States is one driver predicted to influence future land‐use and land management practices across large spatial scales. Favorable growing conditions make the...