Land use is more important than climate for species richness and composition of bat assemblages on a regional scale

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Mehr, Milenka ^a   Brandl, Roland ^b   Hothorn, Torsten ^c   Dziock, Frank ^d   Förster, Bernhard ^e   Müller, Jörg ^a  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Land use; Regional scale; Species composition; Species richness; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

BAT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956346508     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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