Distributional limits of bats in Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 256-265

  Parker, Doreen I ^a   Lawhead, Brian E ^b   Cook, Joseph A ^c  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bats; Distribution; Eptesicus; Lasionycteris; Latitude; Limiting factors; Myotis

Indexed keywords

BAT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NORTHERN LIMIT;

ALASKA; USA;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIONYCTERIS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS VOLANS;

EID: 0030722425     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1107     Document Type: Article

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