Presence and absence of bats across habitat scales in the upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1200-1209

  Ford, W Mark ^a   Menzel, Jennifer M ^a   Menzel, Michael A ^b   Edwards, John W ^b   Kilgo, John C ^c  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustical sampling; Bat foraging; Carolina bay; Echolocation; Habitat model; Pine savanna

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTA; MYOTIS AUSTRORIPARIUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 33845419428     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1200:PAAOBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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