Influence of prey variables, food supply, and river restoration on the foraging activity of Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) in the Shibetsu River, a large lowland river in Japan

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1302-1310

  Akasaka, Takumi ^a   Nakano, Daisuke ^a   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Channel morphology; Ecosystem management; Microchiroptera; Prey selection; Riparian habitat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RIVER MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SHIBETSU RIVER;

HEXAPODA; MICROCHIROPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 67349165857     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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