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Local concentration of foraging noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) as a possible tool to assess the density of bats in large forest complexes

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Polakowski, Michał, Broniszewska, Monika, Ruczyński, Ireneusz (2014): Local concentration of foraging noctule bats (Nyctalus noctula) as a possible tool to assess the density of bats in large forest complexes. Turkish Journal of Zoology 38 (2): 254-256, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1304-15, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1304-15

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