The ecological impact of city lighting scenarios: Exploring gap crossing thresholds for urban bats

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2467-2478

  Hale, James D ^a   Fairbrass, Alison J ^b   Matthews, Thomas J ^c,d   Davies, Gemma ^e   Sadler, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Connectivity; Gap crossing; Lighting; Movement; Scenarios; Urban; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONNECTIVITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; TOLERANCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 84931007847     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12884     Document Type: Article

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