Bat activity in ephemeral stream-beds in the Pilliga forests: Clarifying the importance of fly ways and buffer widths in open forest and woodland

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 308-321

  Law, Bradley S ^a   Chidel, Mark ^a   Tap, Patrick ^b  

^a NSW Primary Industries   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Clutter; Ecomorphology; Flyways; Logging; Riparian buffer

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; ECHOLOCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LOGGING (TIMBER); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAM BED; STREAM CHANNEL; WATER QUALITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILLIGA FOREST;

EID: 81755184796     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/fs.2011.031     Document Type: Article

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