Are Vegetation interfaces important to foraging insectivorous bats in endangered coastal saltmarsh on the Central Coast of New South Wales?

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-292

  Gonsalves, Leroy ^a   Law, Bradley ^b   Webb, Cameron ^c   Monamy, Vaughan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Primary Industries   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edges; Microchiropteran bats; Microhabitats; Saltmarsh; Vegetation interfaces

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

HEXAPODA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 84917734216     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: 22044604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc120282     Document Type: Article

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