Emergence time in forest bats: the influence of canopy closure

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-126

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

^a Istituto Botanico   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barbastella barbastellus; Canopy; Emergence behaviour; Forest structure; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BAT; CORRELATION; EMERGENCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS;

EID: 33847334294     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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