Factors influencing movement probabilities of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in buildings

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 620-627

  Ellison, Laura E ^a   O'Shea, Thomas J ^a   Neubaum, Daniel J ^b   Bowen, Richard A ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Big brown bats; Ectoparasites; Eptesicus fuscus; Movements; Multi strata models; PIT tags; Program MARK; Steatonyssus occidentalis; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BAT; BUILDING; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LACTATION; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; ROOSTING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEAT; MITE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEAT; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 34247199544     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0315     Document Type: Article

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