Factors influencing the selection of roost cavities by a temperate rainforest bat (Vespertilionidae: Chalinolobus tuberculatus) in New Zealand

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-446

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

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bats; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; New Zealand; Roost selection; Temperate rainforest; Tree cavities

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVITY; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0033402297     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999009838     Document Type: Article

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