Nightly, seasonal, and yearly patterns of bat activity at night roosts in the central appalachians

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1210-1219

  Agosta, Salvatore J ^a   Morton, David ^b   Marsh, Brian D ^b   Kuhn, Kellie M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Chiroptera; Eptesicus fuscus; Mine; Myotis lucifugus; Myotis septentrionalis; Pipistrellus subflavus; Population structure; Roost; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BAT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROOST SITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 30344434940     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-012R1.1     Document Type: Article

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