Scale-independent significance of river and riparian zones on three sympatric Myotis species in an agricultural landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-23

  Akasaka, Takumi ^a   Akasaka, Munemitsu ^b   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic landscape; Bats; Conservation planning; Extent; Grain; Scale dependence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LAND COVER; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SYMPATRY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS FRATER;

EID: 84856225985     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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