Foraging behavior of eastern red bats (Lasiurus borealis) at an urban-rural interface

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 365-373

  Walters, Brianne L ^a   Ritzi, Christopher M ^a,b   Sparks, Dale W ^a   Whitaker Jr , John O ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; INTERFACE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS BOREALIS;

EID: 34249069150     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[365:FBOERB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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