Foraging site fidelity shapes the spatial organisation of a population of female western barbastelle bats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-823

  Hillen, Jessica ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barbastella barbastellus; Chiroptera; Home range overlap; Kernel density estimation; Radio tracking; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; NATURE RESERVE; NICHE OVERLAP; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESERVE DESIGN; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA;

EID: 59649126175     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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