The use by bats of habitat features in mixed farmland in Scotland

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 169-185

  Downs, Nick C ^a,b   Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Cresswell Associates   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Landscape; Microhabitat; Myotis daubentonii; Pipistrellus spp.; Pond; River; Treeline

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 33744956093     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[169:TUBBOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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