Giant noctule bats face conflicting constraints between roosting and foraging in a fragmented and heterogeneous landscape

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-133

  Popa Lisseanu, A G ^a   Bontadina, F ^b,c   Ibanez C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWILD Urban Ecology and Wildlife Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Fragmentation; Giant noctule; Habitat selection; Home range; Iberia; Nyctalus lasiopterus; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEFORESTATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LACTATION; NATURE RESERVE; PREGNANCY; RANGE EXPANSION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOSTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

MICROCHIROPTERA; NYCTALUS LASIOPTERUS;

EID: 67649084265     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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