Summer foraging range of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) from Carlsbad Cavern, New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 590-596

  Best, Troy L ^a   Geluso, Kenneth N ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLOSSIDAE; TADARIDA; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS MEXICANA;

EID: 1642539007     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0590:SFROMF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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