Benefits of living in a building: Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in rocks versus buildings

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 362-370

  Lausen, Cori L ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Buildings; Chiroptera; Microclimate; Reproductive success; Rock crevices; Roost selection; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING; MANMADE STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; THERMOREGULATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 33646227911     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-127R1.1     Document Type: Article

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