Bats on forest islands of different size in an agricultural landscape

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-161

  Lesiński, Grzegorz ^a   Kowalski, Marek ^b   Wojtowicz, Błazej ^c   Gulatowska, Judyta ^d   Lisowska, Anna ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Wildlife Society Storck Siedlce   (Poland)

^c Polish Society for Bat Protection   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Chiroptera; Forest fragmentation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; NYCTALUS LEISLERI; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 34547620891     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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