Survival and condition of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) after radiotagging

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-98

  Neubaum, Daniel J ^a   Neubaum, Melissa A ^a   Ellison, Laura E ^b   O'Shea, Thomas J ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 rule; Big brown bats; Eptesicus fuscus; PIT tags; Radiotransmitters; Return rates; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY MASS; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 14044273670     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0095:SACOBB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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