Reconsidering the importance of harvested forests for the conservation of tree-dwelling bats

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2501-2515

  Russo, Danilo ^a,b   Cistrone, Luca ^c   Garonna, Antonio P ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barbastella barbastellus; Bioindicators; Dead tree; Forest management; Radiotracking; Roost

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOINDICATOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROOSTING; SEX RATIO; SNAG; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; FAGUS;

EID: 77954459786     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9856-3     Document Type: Article

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