Habitat preferences of bats in a rural area of sicily determined by acoustic surveys;Preferenze ambientali dei chirotteri in un'area rurale della sicilia

Hystrix

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-147

  Di Salvo, Ivy ^a   Russo, Danilo ^b   Sarà, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Rural ecosystems; SAC; Southern italy; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; MYOTIS;

EID: 84856921934     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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