Habitat selection by Myotis bechsteinii in the southwestern Iberian Peninsula

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-250

  Napal, María ^a   Garin, Inazio ^a   Goiti, Urtzi ^a   Salsamendi, Egoitz ^a   Aihartza, Joxerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COLONY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LACTATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PATERNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RARE SPECIES; WOODLAND;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; QUERCUS;

EID: 77957319720     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0402     Document Type: Article

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