An improved chemiluminescent tag for bats

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 709-712

  Hovorka, Mark D ^a,b,d   Marks, Cynthia S ^c,e,f   Muller, Eileen ^c,g,h  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c York University ^*  (United States)

^d York University

^e Florida Bat Center

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g Tri State Bird Rescue Inc

^h TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chemiluminescent tags; Cyalume ; Gelatin capsules; Lightsticks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030435978     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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