Bat casualties on a road crossing a mosaic landscape

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Lesiński, Grzegorz ^a   Sikora, Anna ^a   Olszewski, Adam ^b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Kampinos National Park   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Chiroptera; Landscape structure; Mortality; Phenology; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS NATTERERI; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 79952817854     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0414-9     Document Type: Article

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