Species-specific barrier effects of a motorway on the habitat use of two threatened forest-living bat species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-279

  Kerth, Gerald ^a,b   Melber, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barbastella barbastellus; Foraging area; Habitat fragmentation; Myotis bechsteinii; Radio telemetry; Roost switching

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; MOTORWAY; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 58149269209     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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