Roost and food supplies ameliorate the impact of a bad summer on reproduction by the bat, myotis lucifigus leconte (chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Ecoscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-25

  Syme, D M ^a   Fenton, M B ^a   Zigouris, J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Diet; Rainfall; Thermoregulation; Wheather

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION; ROOST SITE;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0035038609     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2001.11682626     Document Type: Article

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