Use of foraging habitats by bats in a Mediterranean area determined by acoustic surveys: Conservation implications

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-209

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOACOUSTICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE;

ITALY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; HYPSUGO SAVII; MINIOPTERUS; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS; MYOTIS CAPACCINII; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS KUHLI; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; RIPARIA; TADARIDA; TADARIDA TENIOTIS;

EID: 0038363739     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03422.x     Document Type: Article

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