A continental-scale tool for acoustic identification of European bats

European bats Charlotte L. Walters*, Robin Freeman, Alanna Collen, Christian Dietz, M. Brock Fenton, Gareth Jones, Martin K. Obrist, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Thomas Sattler, Björn M. Siemers, Stuart Parsons† and Kate E. Jones† Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, London, NW1 4RY, UK; Bat Conservation Trust, Quadrant House, 250 Kennington Lane, London, SE11 5RD, UK; DICE, University of Kent, Marlowe Building, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NR, UK; CoMPLEX, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK; Computational Ecology and Environmental Science, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, CB3 0FB, UK; Department of Animal Physiology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany; Department of Biology, Western University, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada; School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK; Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, ZH, Switzerland; School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland; Sensory Ecology Group, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, 82319, Seewiesen, Germany; Groupe Chiroptères de Midi-Pyrénées (CRENGCMP), Toulouse, France; Community Ecology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Via Belsoggiorno 22, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Institute of Experimental Ecology, University of Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069, Ulm, Germany; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama; School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand; and Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK