Use of abandoned mines by long-eared bats, genus Corynorhinus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Durango, Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-994

  López González, Celia ^a   Torres Morales, Laura ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Conservation; Corynorhinus mexicanus; Corynorhinus townsendii; Durango; Ecology; Mexico; Mines

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT USE; HIBERNATION; MINE; ROOSTING;

DURANGO; GUANACEVI; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; CORYNORHINUS; CORYNORHINUS TOWNSENDII; PLECOTUS MEXICANUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 22544452564     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BWG-124     Document Type: Article

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