The urban matrix and artificial light restricts the nightly ranging behaviour of Gould's long-eared bat (Nyctophilus gouldi)

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the many field volunteers for their efforts, and private residents who granted access for field sampling. In particular, we thank the staff at Cumberland State Forest for their assistance. We also thank Baulkham Hills Shire Council and Hornsby Shire Council for access to land and GIS data. The Ecological Society of Australia, MA Ingram Trust, Linnaean Society of New South Wales, Ku-ring-gai Bat Conservation Society and Australian Geographic provided financial support to CT. Useful comments were provided by C. Voigt and two anonymous reviewers, who greatly improved the manuscript.