The protection of the bat community in the Dupnisa Cave System, Turkey, following opening for tourism

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Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-136

  Paksuz, Serbülent ^a   Özkan, Beytullah ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bat populations; cave gates; Dupnisa Cave System; tourism activities; Turkey; visitor schedule

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CAVE SYSTEM; ECOTOURISM; HIBERNATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; ROOSTING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

DUPNISA CAVE; KIRKLARELI; THRACE; TURKEY; YILDIZ MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84857712143     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001493     Document Type: Article

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