Bats use live fences to move between tropical dry forest remnants

Linear features can benefit wildlife by assisting animal movement. We captured bats along barbed‐wire and live‐tree fences connecting tropical dry forest patches in Nicaragua. Bat species richness and captures were higher along live fences but we noted differences in sex ratios, richness, and specie...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biotropica 2020-01, Vol.52 (1), p.5-10
Hauptverfasser:	Martínez‐Fonseca, José G., Chávez‐Velásquez, Marlon, Williams‐Guillen, Kimberly, Chambers, Carol L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bats Chiroptera Connecting connectivity Dry forests Fences forest patches Forests hedgerow Lophostoma brasiliensis Phyllostomidae Ratios Species composition Species richness Tropical climate Tropical forests Wildlife
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