Mystacina, Chalinolobus, long-tailed bat, lesser short-tailed bat, climate change vulnerability assessment, representative concentration pathways, RCP4.5, RCP8.5

Globally, rapid human-caused climate change is posing one of the greatest emerging pressures on species and ecosystems. Uncertainty remains about how species will react to changing climate, particularly how vulnerable or adaptable and resilient they will be to changes and whether they can move to remaining favourable habitats. Here we report on a rapid trait-based climate change vulnerability assessment for all bat taxa resident in Aotearoa New Zealand.