Effects of landscape-scale broadleaved woodland configuration and extent on roost location for six bat species across the UK

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2300-2310

  Boughey, Katherine L ^a   Lake, Iain R ^a   Haysom, Karen A ^b   Dolman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BAT CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Habitat associations; Multi model averaging; Plecotus auritus

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH USE; ROOST SITE; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS NATTERERI; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 79960927242     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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