Interannual fidelity to roosting habitat and flight paths by female western barbastelle bats

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-195

  Hillen, Jessica ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabat; Commuting corridor; Kernel density estimation; Radio tracking; Roosting preferences; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MONITORING; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SITE FIDELITY; TRACKING;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 77953283097     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504680     Document Type: Article

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