Bat activity in thinned, unthinned, and old-growth forests in Western Oregon

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 553-561

  Humes, Marcia L ^a,c   Hayes, John P ^a   Collopy, Michael W ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat detectors; Bats; Chiroptera; Echolocation; Forest management; Habitat use; Old growth forests; Oregon; Pacific Northwest; Stand structure; Thinning

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS;

EID: 0032941561     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802642     Document Type: Article

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