Roost selection by the brown long-eared bat Plecotus auritus

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 399-408

  Entwistle, A C ^a   Racey, P A ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; roost requirements

Indexed keywords

PLECOTUS AURITUS;

BROWN LONG-EARED BAT; ROOST SELECTION;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030620333     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404885     Document Type: Article

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