Species status, and the spatial and temporal patterns of activity of bats in Southwest Nova Scotia, Canada

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 383-398

  Broders, Hugh G ^a,b   Quinn, Greg M ^a   Forbes, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642476729     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0383:SSATSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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