Use of forest strata by bats in temperate forests

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-162

  Plank, M ^a,b   Fiedler, K ^a   Reiter, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Austrian Coordination Centre for Bat Conservation and Research (KFFOE)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Bat community; Batcorder; Chiroptera; Stratified habitat use

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CALLING BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT USE; LACTATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84856250242     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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