Vegetation structure influences the vertical stratification of open- and edge-space aerial-foraging bats in harvested forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2090-2100

  Adams, Maria D ^a   Law, Bradley S ^b   French, Kris O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clutter; Echolocation; Flyways; Logging; Microchiroptera; Regrowth

Indexed keywords

CLUTTER; ECHOLOCATION; FLYWAYS; LOGGING; MICROCHIROPTERA; REGROWTH;

CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); MAMMALS; SONAR; UNDERWATER AUDITION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ECHOLOCATION; GUILD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INSECTIVORE; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGROWTH; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; BAT; FORAGE; FOREST CANOPY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; MAMMALS; PLANTS; STRATIFICATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HEXAPODA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 70349111040     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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