Timing of birth and estimation of age of juvenile Myotis septentrionalis and Myotis lucifugus in west-central Indiana

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-656

  Krochmal, Aaron R ^a   Sparks, Dale W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Demographics; Growth models; Myotis lucifugus; Myotis septentrionalis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; BAT; BIRTH DATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 34347224019     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-140R.1     Document Type: Article

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