A comparison of 2 acoustical bat survey techniques

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 931-936

  Johnson, Joshua B ^a   Menzel, Michael A ^a   Edwards, John W ^a   Ford, W Mark ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustical; Active; Anabat; Analook; Bats; Echolocation; Monitoring; Passive; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING;

EID: 0036749555     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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