Bat Response to Woodland Restoration within Urban Forest Fragments

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 914-923

  Smith, Debra A ^a   Gehrt, Stanley D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabat; Bat activity; Buckthorn; Invasive species; Prescribed fire; Restoration

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROHABITAT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WOODLAND;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; MYOTIS; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 78049463863     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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