Urbanization and the abundance and diversity of Prairie bats

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-102

  Coleman, Joanna L ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Chiroptera; Diversity; Grassland; Landscape; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 84857640808     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0181-8     Document Type: Article

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