Identifying the species of bats roosting in redwood basal hollows using genetic methods

Northwest Science

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-162

  Zielinski, William J ^a   Mazurek, Mary Jo ^a,c   Zinck, Jan ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; DEL NORTE COUNTY; MENDOCINO COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MACROPHYLLUM MACROPHYLLUM; MYOTIS VOLANS; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 34250834970     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/0029-344X-81.2.155     Document Type: Article

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