Tree-roosting ecology of reproductive female eastern pipistrelles, Pipistrellus subflavus, in Indiana

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1068-1075

  Veilleux, Jacques Pierre ^a,c   Whitaker Jr , John O ^b   Veilleux, Sherry L ^b  

^a SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Eastern pipistrelle; Habitat selection; Indiana; Pipistrellus subflavus; Reproduction; Roost; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT SELECTION; REPRODUCTION; ROOSTING;

UNITED STATES;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; QUERCUS; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141680775     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BEM-021     Document Type: Article

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