Use of artificial roosts by forest-dwelling bats in northern Arizona

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1085-1091

  Chambers, Carol L ^a   Alm, Victor ^a,b   Siders, Melissa S ^c   Rabe, Michael J ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Kaibab Ranger Station ^*  (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Artificial roosts; Bats; Fire; Pinus ponderosa; Ponderosa pine; Roost habitat; Snags; Southwest

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; ROOST SITE; SNAG;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0036974951     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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