Bat use of commercial coniferous plantations at multiple spatial scales: Management and conservation implications

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• 作者：Lucinda Kirkpatrick^a ; ^{lucinda.kirkpatrick@stir.ac.uk} ; Sarah J. Maher^b ; ^c ; Zeltia Lopez^a ; Paul R. Lintott^d ; Sallie A. Bailey^e ; Daisy Dent^a ; Kirsty J. Park^a
• 关键词：Coniferous plantation ; Management ; Biodiversity ; Chiroptera ; Bats
• 刊名：Biological Conservation
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：206
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1-10
• 全文大小：936 K
• 卷排序：206

文摘

Many studies have demonstrated active avoidance by bats of non-native conifer plantations. We found a wide range of bat species using Sitka Spruce plantations, particularly Pipistrellus species. A high proportion of the Pipistrellus spp. captured were lactating females. Responses to local and landscape-scale habitat characteristics differed between species and foraging guilds. Increasing roost provision and maintaining thinning should benefit bat populations in plantations.