Behavioral responses of bats to gates at caves and mines

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1101-1112

  Spanjer, Genevieve R ^a,b   Fenton, M Brock ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Behavior; Caves; Chiroptera; Conservation; Echolocation honks; Flight speed; Gates; Mines; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAVE; DISTURBANCE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 30344486291     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1101:BROBTG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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