Ecological Archives M013-013-A1

Stanley D. Gehrt and James E. Chelsvig. 2003. Bat activity in an urban landscape: patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale. Ecological Applications 13:939–950.

Appendix A. Summary of landscape characteristics for each study area in northeastern Illinois (USA).

Study area

Adjacent land use (%)

Size (ha)

DIST (km)

ADIST (km)

Traffic (mean no. vehicles per 24 h)

Total lights

White lights

Population density

Study area habitat (%)

 
 IC
RES
OPEN
AG
             
 Woods
Open
Water
                             

1

13

42

16

0

221

18

0

27850

42.8

0.0

54169

57

37

6

2

6

55

29

0

701

44

0.7

13640

3.2

2.7

33976

71

17

9

3

10

45

22

0

208

22

0

51175

37.0

1.6

24845

74

21

6

4

2

16

14

0

306

28

0

16650

4.3

0.3

4199

76

18

7

5

3

5

16

0

655

26

0

8750

2.5

0.2

13021

77

11

12

6

13

39

25

0

306

30

0

43500

8.2

5.8

66516

75

11

14

7

39

20

13

0

101

22

0

27400

45.4

0.0

102086

29

54

16

8

2

20

37

20

434

42

5.4

5100

7.3

1.7

9926

24

73

3

9

25

36

17

0

128

30

2

17633

5.0

1.4

60522

64

10

27

10

10

1

18

12

177

37

0.3

16650

4.4

0.3

23726

35

18

34

11

3

25

18

49

391

38

4.8

11450

6.1

3.5

11638

20

77

3

12

13

20

26

12

495

52

0.6

32567

8.2

7.0

33343

30

57

12

13

19

56

19

0

150

18

0

25800

53.2

3.8

104374

56

35

9

14

31

32

32

0

1507

33

5.7

75920

20.7

3.2

65334

39

45

16

15

10

24

35

22

1816

44

1.5

23055

5.2

0.5

52552

13

84

2

16

0

3

12

64

1214

80

8.4

3550

2.1

1.5

5258

20

70

10

17

2

19

73

6

324

59

0

5150

2.7

2.3

15624

15

35

50

18

0

5

14

81

121

91

0

1958

1.4

1.0

2862

85

14

1

19

2

7

4

88

121

78

0

450

0.9

0.9

725

45

45

10

20

1

6

6

85

162

96

0

4137

1.7

1.1

3561

80

15

5

   Note: See Study area and methods: Landscape effects in text for definitions of variables.



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