Bat boxes as alternative roosts for displaced bat maternity colonies

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 197-207

  Brittingham, Margaret C ^a   Williams, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commn   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat boxes; Big brown bats; Control; Eptesicus fuscus; Exclusion; Little brown bats; Maternity colonies; Myotis lucifugus; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

BAT; ROOSTING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0034016732     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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