Factors determining the abundance of vespertilionid bats in Britain: Geographical, land class and local habitat relationships

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 519-529

  Walsh, Allyson L ^a,b   Harris, Stephen ^b  

^a BAT CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bats; landscape structure; predicting change; species abundance; stratified survey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT;

UK;

VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0030304548     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404981     Document Type: Article

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