From ground to above canopy-Bat activity in mature forests is driven by vegetation density and height

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-184

  Müller, Jörg ^a,b   Brandl, Roland ^c   Buchner, Johanna ^a,d   Pretzsch, Hans ^b   Seifert, Stefan ^b   Strätz, Christian ^e   Veith, Michael ^d   Fenton, Brock ^f  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^e Büro für ökologische Studien GdbR   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat fatalities; Batcorder; Foraging guilds; Terrestrial laser scanning; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

BAT FATALITIES; BATCORDER; FORAGING GUILDS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; WIND FARM;

ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; VEGETATION; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

FORESTRY;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUILD; HABITAT QUALITY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION COVER; WIND FARM; WIND TURBINE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INSECTS; LOGGING; PLANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATIFICATION; TURBINES;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880635140     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.043     Document Type: Article

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