A survey for the Southern Myotis Myotis macropus (Vespertilionidae) and other bat species in River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis forests of the Murray River, New South Wales

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 166-174

  Law, Bradley ^a   Anderson, Jason ^a,b  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b Anderson Ecological Surveys   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bats; Murray River; Myotis macropus; River Red Gum

Indexed keywords

CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; CHALINOLOBUS MORIO; EPTESICUS VULTURNUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; MACROPUS; MICROCHIROPTERA; MOIRA; MORMOPTERUS; MYOTIS AELLENI; MYOTIS MACROPUS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; NYCTOPHILUS GEOFFROYI; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; REGULUS; SCOTOREPENS; TADARIDA AUSTRALIS; VESPADELUS; VESPADELUS DARLINGTONI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0000966534     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.016     Document Type: Article

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