Occurrence of moths among habitats in a mixed mesophytic forest: Implications for management of forest bats

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-332

  Burford, Laura S ^a   Lacki, Michael J ^c   Covell Jr , Charles V ^b  

^a KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big eared bats; Corynorhinus spp.; Eastern Kentucky; Forest management; Lepidopterans; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; CORYNORHINUS; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMACODIDAE; MACROTUS; NOCTUIDAE; NOTODONTIDAE; PYRALIDAE; VERTEBRATA; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0032770131     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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