Spatial and temporal patterns of roost use by tree-dwelling barbastelle bats Barbastella barbastellus

Ecography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 769-776

  Russo, Danilo ^a   Cistrone, Luca ^b   Jones, Gareth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT USE; ROOST SITE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; FAGUS;

EID: 28644448750     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2005.0906-7590.04343.x     Document Type: Article

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