Influence of water size and type on bat captures in the lower Sonoran Desert

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-90

  Rabe, Michael J ^a   Rosenstock, Steven S ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bats; Guzzler; Sonoran desert; Southwestern U.S.; Tinaja; Water development

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644365466     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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