Hiding low in the thicket: Roost use by ussurian tube-nosed bats (Murina ussuriensis)

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Hirakawa, Hirofumi ^a   Kawai, Kuniko ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bamboo grass thicket; Day roost; Dead leaves; Foliage roost; Murina ussuriensis

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOLIAGE; ROOSTING;

MURINA USSURIENSIS;

EID: 33744955550     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2006)8[263:HLITTR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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