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The Importance of Linear Landscape Elements for Bats in a Farmland Area: The Influence of Height on Activity Cover

The Importance of Linear Landscape Elements for Bats in a Farmland Area: The Influence of Height on Activity

Journal of Landscape Ecology
Volume 9 (2016): Issue 1 (January 2016)
By: Roberto Toffoli  
Open Access
|Jul 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jlecol-2016-0004 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
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Language: English
Page range: 49 - 62
Submitted on: Feb 16, 2016
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Accepted on: May 6, 2016
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Published on: Jul 6, 2016
Published by: Czech Society for Landscape Ecology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Bats,
linear landscape elements,
hedgerows,
acoustic monitoring,
bats conservation
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geosciences, other,
Life sciences,
Ecology

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