Bats select buildings in clearings in Białowieża Primeval Forest

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Mazurska, Karolina ^a   Ruczyński, Ireneusz ^b  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences ^*  (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Eptesicus serotinus; Roost selection; Vespertilio murinus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BAT; BUILDING; DOMINANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; ROOST SITE; SITE FIDELITY; SITE SELECTION;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 62449299414     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811008X414908     Document Type: Article

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