The trans-boundary importance of artificial bat hibernacula in managed European forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 617-631

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Lehnert, Linn S ^a   Popa Lisseanu, Ana G ^a   Ciechanowski, Mateusz ^b   Estók, Péter ^c   Gloza Rausch, Florian ^d   Görföl, Tamás ^e,f   Göttsche, Matthias ^g   Harrje, Carsten ^g   Hötzel, Meike ^h   Teige, Tobias ^a   Wohlgemuth, Reiner ^h   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c ESZTERHÁZY KÁROLY UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Fledermaus Zentrum GmbH   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^h NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Compensation; Conservation; GIS; Isoscape origin model; Migratory species; Spatial model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893974631     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0620-y     Document Type: Article

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