Bat use of commercial coniferous plantations at multiple spatial scales: Management and conservation implications ...
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Commercial plantations are primarily managed for timber production, and are frequently considered poor for biodiversity, particularly for mammalian species. Bats, which constitute one fifth of mammal species worldwide, have undergone large declines...
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Zenodo
2017
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13452913 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13452913 |
| Summary: | (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Commercial plantations are primarily managed for timber production, and are frequently considered poor for biodiversity, particularly for mammalian species. Bats, which constitute one fifth of mammal species worldwide, have undergone large declines throughout Europe, most likely due to widespread habitat loss and degradation. Bat use of modified landscapes such as urban or agricultural environments has been relatively well studied, however, intensively managed plantations have received less attention, particularly in Europe. We assessed three of the largest, most intensively managed plantations in the UK for the occurrence of bats, activity levels and relative abundance in response to environmental characteristics at multiple spatial scales, using an information theoretic approach. We recorded or captured nine species; Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus were the most commonly recorded species on acoustic detectors and female P. pygmaeus were the most ... |
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