Effect of barn conversion on bat roost sites in Hertfordshire, England

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 353-364

  Briggs, Patty ^a  

^a Claybury Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barn conversion; Chiroptera; Conservation; Roost

Indexed keywords

BAT; BUILDING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ROOST SITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HERTFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS NATTERERI; PIPISTRELLUS; PLECOTUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 11244291071     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.035     Document Type: Article

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