Sex differences in population genetics, home range size and habitat use of the parti-colored bat (Vespertilio murinus, Linnaeus 1758) in Switzerland and their consequences for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-36

  Safi, Kamran ^a   König, Barbara ^a   Kerth, Gerald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Genetic diversity; PIT tag; Radio tracking; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

BAT; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; IMMIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NICHE PARTITIONING; POPULATION GENETICS; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

CHIROPTERA; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 34047120185     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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