Over-wintering and reproduction by the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus, in New Brunswick

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-647

  McAlpine, Donald F ^a   Muldoon, Frances ^b   Forbes, Graham J ^c   Wandeler, Alexander I ^b   Makepeace, Scott ^d   Broders, Hugh G ^c   Goltz, James P ^e  

^a NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^e Provincial Veterinary Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Big Brown Bat; Distribution; Eptesicus fuscus; Hibernation; New Brunswick; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BAT; OVERWINTERING; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038193476     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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