Roost selection by male and female northern long-eared bats in a pine-dominated landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 220-226

  Perry, Roger W ^a   Thill, Ronald E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Myotis septentrionalis; Ouachita Mountains; Partial harvesting; Pinus echinata; Roost selection; Snags

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; PARTIAL HARVESTING; ROOST SELECTION; SNAGS;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; HARVESTING; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SNAG; TRACKING;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PINUS ECHINATA;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 34447266713     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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