Multi-scale roost-site selection by evening bats on pine-dominated landscapes in southwest Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1191-1199

  Miles, Adam C ^a   Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Miller, Darren A ^b   Conner, L Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evening bat; Forest management; Georgia; Loblolly pine; Longleaf pine; Nycticeius humeralis; Pine plantation; Pinus palustris; Pinus taeda; Roost site selection

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BAT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION;

GEORGIA; GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NYCTICEIUS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33845415546     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1191:MRSBEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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