Most bat species depend on forests for roosting, foraging, and drinking during part or all of
their life cycles. Many of the world's forests are managed using a variety of silvicultural …

Detailed information about three-dimensional vegetation structure proves increasingly
useful for studying species-habitat relationships in forest ecosystems. This particularly …

Bats utilize forests as roosting sites and feeding areas. However, it has not been
documented how bats utilize these habitats in the boreal zone with methods afforded by …

Three-dimensional structure of vegetation plays a key role in animal ecology and the arrival
of LiDAR technologies has given ecologists the ability to understand species-habitat …

Wildlife managers design artificial structures, such as bird houses and bat boxes, to provide
alternative nesting and roosting sites that aid wildlife conservation. However, artificial …

Bats and their reproductive roost sites are strictly protected by legislation in Europe.
Although knowledge on foraging habitats of boreal bats has increased vastly over the last …

Bats use roosts for protection, sociality and reproduction. Lack of knowledge regarding the
specific roost preferences of tree-dwelling bats means that roosts are regularly removed …

Resting-site selection involves some of the most important decisions made by organisms.
For forest-dwelling bats, where to roost influences not only resting but also many other …

The boreal forest is the largest intact forest in the world, and a refuge for species
experiencing range retractions as a consequence of climate and landscape change. Yet …

Background and Aims Tree diameter, tree height and canopy closure have been described
by previous meta-analyses as being important characteristics in roost selection by cavity …