Surface activity and structure of a hydrothermally-heated maternity colony of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, in Alaska

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-429

  West, Edward W ^a,b   Swain, Una ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b Parsons Harland Bartholomew Assoc   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hot springs; Little Brown Bat; Maternity colony; Myotis lucifugus; Rainforest; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0033165812     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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