The value of bat-boxes in the conservation of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in wetland rice paddies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Flaquer, Carles ^a   Torre, Ignacio ^a   Ruiz Jarillo, Ramon ^a  

^a Museu de Ciències Naturals de Granollers La Tela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bat preferences; Bat boxes; Occupancy rate; Pipistrellus pygmaeus; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NEST BOX;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 29244456442     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.030     Document Type: Article

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