Use of the forest canopy by bats

Northwest Science

Volumn 70, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 79-85

  Wunder, Laurie ^a   Carey, Andrew B ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING; FOREST CANOPY; REPRODUCTION; ROOSTING;

USA, (NORTHWEST);

CHIROPTERA; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; MYOTIS EVOTIS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS VOLANS;

EID: 0029660988     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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