The roosting spatial network of a bird-predator bat

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 934-944

  Fortuna, Miguel A ^a   Popa Lisseanu, Ana G ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^a   Bascompte, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Epidemiology; Giant noctule bat; Information flow; Modularity; Nyctalus lasiopterus; Parasites; Spatial patterns; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HABITAT USE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREDATOR; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; NYCTALUS LASIOPTERUS;

EID: 63849084829     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0174.1     Document Type: Article

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