Protecting one, protecting both? Scale-dependent ecological differences in two species using dead trees, the rosalia longicorn beetle and the barbastelle bat

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 165-175

  Russo, D ^a,b   Di Febbraro, M ^c   Cistrone, L ^d   Jones, G ^b   Smeraldo, S ^a   Garonna, A P ^a   Bosso, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest management; Maxent; multiscale analysis; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCLIMATE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PASTURE; ROOSTING; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ITALY;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84945485064     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12271     Document Type: Article

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