A triple-isotope approach to predict the breeding origins of European bats.

Despite a commitment by the European Union to protect its migratory bat populations, conservation efforts are hindered by a poor understanding of bat migratory strategies and connectivity between breeding and wintering grounds. Traditional methods like mark-recapture are ineffective to study broad-s...

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Main Authors: Ana G Popa-Lisseanu, Karin Sörgel, Anja Luckner, Leonard I Wassenaar, Carlos Ibáñez, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, Mateusz Ciechanowski, Tamás Görföl, Ivo Niermann, Grégory Beuneux, Robert W Mysłajek, Javier Juste, Jocelyn Fonderflick, Detlev H Kelm, Christian C Voigt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3264582?pdf=render