Seasonal and geographical distribution of cave-dwelling bats in Romania: Implications for conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-86

  Nagy, Z L ^a   Postawa, T ^b  

^a Foundation for School   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bats; Carpathians; Caves; Conservation; Dobrogea; Species environment relationship

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING SEASON; CAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HIBERNATION; MICROCLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE;

EID: 79951560101     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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