Street Lighting Disturbs Commuting Bats

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1123-1127

  Stone, Emma Louise ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; CITY; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLYING; HUMAN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECHOLOCATION; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRANSPORTATION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 67649847896     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.058     Document Type: Article

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