Modeling the indirect effects of road networks on the foraging activities of bats

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 979-991

  Bennett, Victoria J ^a   Sparks, Dale W ^b   Zollner, Patrick A ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Solutions and Innovations Inc   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessible habitat; Anthropogenic disturbance; Disturbance related behavior; Foraging success; Individual based model; Myotis sodalis; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LANDSCAPE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; REGRESSION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SIMULATION; TRANSPORTATION;

INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 84876988260     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9874-0     Document Type: Article

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