Patterns of habitat use by bats along a riparian corridor in northern Utah

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-58

  Rogers, Duke S ^a   Belk, Mark C ^a   González, Malinda W ^a   Coleman, Brent L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; MOLOSSIDAE; MYOTIS;

EID: 33645687919     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2006)51[52:POHUBB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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