The role of complex vegetation structures in determining hawking bat activity in temperate forests

• Published in: Forest Ecology and Management
• Main Authors: Langridge, J., Pisanu, B., Laguet, S., Archaux, Frédéric, Tillon, L.
• Other Authors: Patrimoine naturel (PatriNat), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Agence Française pour la Biodiversité (AFB), Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation (CESCO), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Office national des forêts (ONF), Ecosystèmes forestiers (UR EFNO), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: Chiroptera; Activity; Vegetation volume; Tree basal area; Deadwood; Silviculture; Conservation implications; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Barbastella barbastellus; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02610214; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02610214/document; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02610214/file/S0378112719302385.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.053

[Departement_IRSTEA]Territoires [ADD1_IRSTEA]Dynamique et fonctionnement des écosystèmes International audience Forests constitute one of the most important feeding and foraging habitats for bats. Because bat populations are declining, most likely due to habitat loss or fragmentation, it is imperati...