Distribution and activity of bats at local and landscape scales within a rural-urban gradient

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-242

  Johnson, Joshua B ^a,c   Gates, J Edward ^a   Ford, W Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Forest fragmentation; Landscape; National capital region; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 43049156429     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0055-x     Document Type: Article

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