Bat activity in a forest landscape of central Massachusetts

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-462

  Brooks, Robert T ^a   Ford, W Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 31544464637     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0447:BAIAFL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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