Roosting behavior and roost-site preferences of forest-dwelling california bats (Myotis californicus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1231-1239

  Brigham, R Mark ^a   Vonhof, Maarten J ^b   Barclay, Robert M R ^c   Gwilliam, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Columbia Basin Fish Wildl C ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Chiroptera; Habitat selection; Myotis californicus; Radiotelemetry; Roosts; Trees

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 0001580131     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383066     Document Type: Article

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