Reintroduction of beavers Castor fiber may improve habitat quality for vespertilionid bats foraging in small river valleys

Beavers strongly modify their environment by not only building dams and creating ponds, which slow the water flow, but also by selective cutting and removing of trees, which change the spatial structure of the forest. We aimed to test the hypothesis that beaver activity promotes new foraging sites f...

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