Challenges of using bioacoustics to globally monitor bats

Bat Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 479-499

  Walters, Charlotte L ^a   Collen, Alanna ^b   Lucas, Tim ^b   Mroz, Kim ^b   Sayer, Catherine A ^a   Jones, Kate E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919942632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7397-8_23     Document Type: Chapter

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