Predicting minimum habitat characteristics for the Indiana bat in the Champlain Valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1228-1237

  Watrous, Kristen S ^a   Donovan, Therese M ^a   Mickey, Ruth M ^a   Darling, Scott R ^b   Hicks, Alan C ^c   Von Oettingen, Susanna L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat model; Indiana bat; Minimum habitat requirements; Myotis sodalis; New York; Partitioned Mahalanobis distance; Radiotelemetry; Vermont

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RARE SPECIES; ROOST SITE;

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 33845454545     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1228:PMHCFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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