Habitat use by forests bats in South Carolina in relation to local, stand, and landscape characteristics

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1210-1218

  Loeb, Susan C ^a   O'Keefe, Joy M ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic sampling; Bats; Clutter; Forest structure; Gaps; Habitat use; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; MYOTIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 33845444710     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1210:HUBFBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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