Effectiveness of an acoustic lure for surveying bats in British woodlands

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-122

  Hill, David A ^a   Greenaway, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bechstein's bat; Conservation; Myotis bechsteinii; Survey technique; Woodland

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAPTURE METHOD; SURVEY; WOODLAND;

MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 13844275323     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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