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Influence of wetland networks on bat activity in mixed-use landscapes

Lookingbill TR, Elmore AJ, Engelhardt KAM, Churchill JB, Gates JE, and Johnson JB ·
2010

Parks and other protected lands can provide important source habitat and act as valuable dispersal corridors in urbanizing environments. However, most wetlands within protected areas are managed in isolation without consideration of the broader landscape connections. We studied the importance of wetland habitat connectivity and landscape context to bat activity in five National Parks along a gradient of increasing urbanization within the Mid-Atlantic United States.

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