Constructed wetlands support bats in agricultural landscapes

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Stahlschmidt, Peter ^a   Pätzold, Achim ^a   Ressl, Lisa ^a   Schulz, Ralf ^a   Brühl, Carsten A ^a  

^a France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Aquatic terrestrial subsidy; Artificial wetlands; Conservation; Habitat selection; Myotis; Pipistrellus; Retention ponds

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 84860553853     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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