Daubenton's bat distribution along rivers - developing and testing a predictive model

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Langton, Steve D ^a   Briggs, Philip A ^a   Haysom, Karen A ^a  

^a BAT CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Biodiversity; Daubenton's bat; Indicator; Myotis daubentonii; River habitat; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MODEL TEST; RIPARIAN ZONE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 78650111516     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1077     Document Type: Article

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