Selection of roosting habitat by forest bats in a diverse forested landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 156-166

  Perry, Roger W ^a   Thill, Ronald E ^a   Leslie Jr , David M ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Eptesicus fuscus; Habitat selection; Lasiurus; Myotis septentrionalis; Nycticeius humeralis; Pipistrellus subflavus; Roost selection; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HABITAT SELECTION; LASIURUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; ROOST SELECTION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BAT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; LANDSCAPE; ROOST SITE; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING;

BAT; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; PINUS ECHINATA;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIURUS; LASIURUS SEMINOLUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 33845973776     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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