Comparison of sampling methods for inventory of bat communities

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 526-533

  Flaquer, Carles ^a   Torre, Ignacio ^a   Arrizabalaga, Antoni ^a  

^a Butterfly Monitoring Scheme   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bat communities; Bat detectors; Mediterranean region; Mist nets; Roosts; Sampling methods; Species richness; Surveys

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GUILD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SAMPLING; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34248327291     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-135R1.1     Document Type: Article

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