Evaluating the effect of habitat connectivity on the distribution of lesser horseshoe bat maternity roosts using landscape graphs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 164, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-49

  Tournant, Pierline ^a   Afonso, Eve ^a   Roué, Sébastien ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^a,c   Foltête, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b du Sous sol et des Chiroptères CPEPESC Franche Comté   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution model; Fragmentation; Habitat patches; Landscape graph; Least cost distance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; ROOSTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FRANCE; FRANCHE COMTE;

RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 84878631919     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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