Dark matters: The effects of artificial lighting on bats

Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 187-213

  Rowse, E G ^a   Lewanzik, D ^b,c   Stone, E L ^a   Harris, S ^a   Jones, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-25220-9_7     Document Type: Chapter

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