Relating bat species presence to habitat features in natural forests of Slovakia (Central Europe)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-155

  Kanuch P ^a   Danko, Š ^b   Celuch, M ^c   Kristin A ^a   Pjencak P ^d   Matis, Š ^e   Smidt J ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Museum of Zemplín   (Slovakia)

^c SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

^d Regional Museum   (Slovakia)

^e Administration of Slovak Karst National Park   (Slovakia)

^f Administration of the Muránska planina National Park   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Multivariate analysis; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MODELING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; MYOTIS BRANDTII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; MYOTIS NATTERERI; NYCTALUS LEISLERI; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PICEA; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 39049141579     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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