Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) as day-roosts of male Myotis septentrionalis (northern bats) on the fernow experimental forest, West Virginia

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-24

  Ford, W Mark ^a   Owen, Sheldon F ^b   Edwards, John W ^b   Rodrigue, Jane L ^a  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; ORTHOPTERA; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 33646148502     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[15:RPBLAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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