Flexibility of habitat use in Eptesicus nilssonii: Does the species profit from anthropogenically altered habitats?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 351-361

  Haupt, Moritz ^a   Menzler, Susanne ^a   Schmidt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenically altered habitats; Bat; Eptesicus nilssonii; Habitat use; Intraspecific competition; Radiotracking; Urban

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTION; ROOST SITE; URBAN SITE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EPTESICUS NILSSONI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646238687     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-193R1.1     Document Type: Article

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