When corridors collide: Road-related disturbance in commuting bats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-101

  Bennett, Victoria J ^a   Zurcher, Arthur A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic disturbance; commuting; landscape permeability; microchiroptera; road ecology; soundscape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BAT; COLLISION; COMMUTING; FILTER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MITIGATION; MOVEMENT; PERMEABILITY; ROADKILL;

MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 84872081327     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.467     Document Type: Article

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