Do young eucalypt plantations benefit bats in an intensive agricultural landscape?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 173-187

  Law, Bradley S ^a   Chidel, Mark ^a   Penman, Trent ^a  

^a Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

foraging; radio tracking; restoration; roosts; ultrasonic detectors

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANTATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER; ULTRASONICS; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; NYCTOPHILUS GEOFFROYI;

EID: 79960374408     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10204     Document Type: Article

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