How does deadwood structure temperate forest bat assemblages?

• Published in: European Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Tillon, L., Bouget, Christophe, Paillet, Yoan, Aulagnier, Stéphane
• Other Authors: Office National des Forêts (ONF), Ecosystèmes forestiers (UR EFNO), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), French Ministry in charge of Ecology through the program "Biodiversite, Gestion Forestiere et Politiques Publiques'' (BGF) GNB 10-MBGD-BGF-1-CVS-092, CHORUS 2100 214degrees651
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: FOREST GLADE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OAK FOREST; DEAD TREES; CONSERVATION; CHIROPTERA; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Deadwood; Barbastella barbastellus
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02603470; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-016-0944-0

International audience Thirty percent of forest species depend on deadwood. Some of them are now considered rare or at high risk of extinction mainly due to an insufficient quantity of deadwood substrates. Some bats roost in dead trees and snags. Because European bats are strictly insectivorous, we...