Comparative study of forest-dwelling bats' abundances and species richness between old-growth forests and conifer plantations in Nikko National Park, central Japan

Mammal Study

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-198

  Yoshikura, Satoko ^a   Yasui, Sachiko ^b   Kamijo, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bat conservation; Conifer plantation; Forest dwelling bat; Old growth forest; Riparian habitat

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; MACRODACTYLUS; MURINA USSURIENSIS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS ADVERSUS; MYOTIS IKONNIKOVI;

EID: 84856054611     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.036.0402     Document Type: Article

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