Maternity roost site selection of long-eared myotis, Myotis evotis

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-84

  Rancourt, Sandra J ^a   Rule, Michael I ^a   O'Connell, Margaret A ^b  

^a U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channeled Scablands; Habitat selection; Long eared myotis; Maternity roosts; Rock crevices; Roost switching

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS EVOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 14044277574     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0077:MRSSOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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