Relating bat species presence to simple habitat measures in a central Appalachian forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 528-539

  Ford, W Mark ^a   Menzel, Michael A ^b   Rodrigue, Jane L ^a   Menzel, Jennifer M ^a   Johnson, Joshua B ^c  

^a USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^b LLP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustical survey; Anabat; Bats; Central Appalachians; Forests; Riparian areas

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; BAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; HABITAT USE;

APPALACHIANS; FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MYOTIS SODALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 24944485105     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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