Past deforestation of Mediterranean Europe explains the present distribution of the strict forest dweller Myotis bechsteinii

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-170

  Napal, María ^a   Garin, Inazio ^a   Goiti, Urtzi ^a   Salsamendi, Egoitz ^a   Aihartza, Joxerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Diet; Forest bat; Habitat selection; Landscape transformation; Roost selection

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL PREFERENCES; ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS; FOREST BAT; FOREST SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN IMPACT; IBERIAN PENINSULA; IDEAL MODEL; LANDSCAPE TRANSFORMATION; OAK FORESTS; PREY SELECTION; ROOST SELECTION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIAL ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRITION; OCEAN HABITATS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; DIET; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY SELECTION; ROOST SITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRITION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 84873498626     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.038     Document Type: Article

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