Roost site selection by lesser short‐tailed bats (Mystacina tuberculata) in mixed podocarp‐hardwood forest, Whenua Hou/Codfish Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-111

  Sedgeley, Jane A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Conservation; Roost microclimate; Roost selection; Roost trees; Short tailed bats; Temperate rainforest; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BAT; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; CODFISH ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

MYSTACINA TUBERCULATA; PODOCARPUS HALLII; PODOCARPUS TOTARA;

EID: 33746576906     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518434     Document Type: Article

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