Research

Publications

Submitted / under review

D'Alessio, A. et al. (n.d.) Identifying multifunctional corridors that support Terrestrial Mammals and Nature Contributions to People in Italy. Biological Conservation (submitted 28.11.2025, under review) 

Accepted / in press

Eulberg, D. & Nouioua, R. (2026) Interview contribution in the supplement to the PhiN special issue Biodiversitätsästhetiken (eds. E. Zemanek & T. van Hoorn). (Accepted 11.03.2026)

Nouioua, R. (2026). A snapshot of bat activity across urban microhabitats in the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. Acta ZooBot Austria (Special issue: Die Tierwelt des Botanischen Gartens der Universität Wien). (Accepted 14.02.2026)

Published

Hirtenfelder, C. T., (2026). Tierzentrierte urbane Infrastrukturen der Hoffnung: Das Beispiel der Wiener Fledermäuse. TIERethik, 18(1), 72–111. https://doi.org/10.58848/tierethik.2026.1.72

Hanf-Dressler, T. et al. (2026) Software Tools for Passive Acoustic Monitoring in Aquatic and Terrestrial Bio- and Ecoacoustics: A Living Systematic Review (version 1). F1000Research, 15:48 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.173495.1

Nouioua, R., et al. (2025). First evidence of same-sex mounting behaviour in Pipistrellus kuhlii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00839-2025

Nouioua, R., et al. (2025) Warming winters disrupt bat activity and hibernation in Mediterranean olive agroecosystems. Global Ecology and Conservation, 53, e03828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03828

Dornelas, M., et al. (2025). BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and improving a database of biodiversity time series. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(5), e70003.  https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70003  

Darras, K. F. A., et al. (2025). Worldwide soundscapes: A synthesis of passive acoustic monitoring across realms. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34, e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70021  

Nouioua, R. et. al. (2024). Social calls characterisation of the island-restricted Madeiran Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus maderensis). Journal of Bat Research & Conservation, 17(1), 65–74. https://doi.org/10.14709/BarbJ.17.1.2024.07 

 
Datasets

Nouioua, R. et al. (2026) Warming winters disrupt bat activity and hibernation in Mediterranean olive agroecosystems. OSF. Nouioua, R. et al. (2026) Warming winters disrupt bat activity and hibernation in Mediterranean olive agroecosystems. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/P8VFQ

Hanf-Dressler, T. et al. (2025). Inventory of software tools used for passive acoustic monitoring in aquatic and terrestrial ecoacoustics. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/V72CE

Darras, K. F. A., Nouioua, R., et al. (2023). ecoSound-web: An open-source, online platform for ecoacoustics. Project contributions:

▸ Madeira – https://ecosound-web.de/ecosound_web/collection/show/425 

▸ ECO-OLIVES – https://ecosound-web.de/ecosound_web/collection/show/140 

Thesis 

Master Thesis: Nouioua et al. (2022) Effects of large-scale forest fires on insular bats. ResearchGate, DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.28679.00167 

Bachelor Thesis: Nouioua et al. (2018) Die Häufigkeit von social calls der Gattung Pipistrellus in Relation zu Waldstrukturen und Temperatur. ResearchGate, DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.32034.44484 

Acknowledged contributions 

Aycart-Lazo, P. et al. (2025) Landscape context influences local management effects on birds and bats in Amazonian cacao agroforestry systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 362, 109545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2025.109545 (See Acknowledgements. Role: Advice on bioacoustics data analysis and sampling design) 

Nóbrega, E. et al. (2023) Insights into the habitat associations, phylogeny, and diet of Pipistrellus maderensis in Porto Santo, northeastern Macaronesia. Web Ecology, 23(1), 87–100. DOI: 10.5194/we-23-87-2023 (See Acknowledgements. Role: Support on the acoustic analysis) 

Hendel, A.-L. et al. (2023) Bat habitat selection reveals positive effects of retention forestry. Forest Ecology and Management, 547, 120783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120783 (See Acknowledgements. Role: Field work) 

Bertsch (2023) Scolia hirta (Schrank, 1781) neu in Südwestdeutschland und der Nordschweiz (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Ampulex, 14, 50–54. ISSN: 2190-3700. (Role: Includes documentation and identification of a Scolia hirta specimen at Breisach am Rhein on July 11, 2020, by Rym Nouioua)