Foraging habitat of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at an urban-rural interface

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 713-718

  Sparks, Dale W ^a   Ritzi, Christopher M ^a,c   Duchamp, Joseph E ^b   Whitaker Jr , John O ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Compositional analysis; Conservation; Foraging behavior; Indiana bat; Myotis sodalis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBANIZATION;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 24144443853     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0713:FHOTIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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