Roost selection by the long-tailed bat, Chalinolobus tuberculatus, in temperate New Zealand rainforest and its implications for the conservation of bats in managed forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-276

  Sedgeley, Jane A ^a,b   O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bats; Chalinolobus; Logging; Roost selection; Tree roosts

Indexed keywords

BAT; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHALINOLOBUS; CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS; CHIROPTERA; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0033044558     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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