Effects of site, time, weather and light on urban bat activity and richness: Considerations for survey effort

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 821-834

  Scanlon, Annette T ^a   Petit, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ECHOLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WEATHER;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

CHALINOLOBUS; CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; MORMOPTERUS;

EID: 58149113001     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08035     Document Type: Article

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