Foraging activity of bats in historic landscape parks in relation to habitat composition and park management

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 309-316

  Glendell, Miriam ^a,b   Vaughan, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dartmoor National Park Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PARK MANAGEMENT;

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

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS; NYCTALUS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; PLECOTUS;

EID: 14044272245     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002004067     Document Type: Article

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