Seasonality and fidelity in roost use of the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, in an urban setting

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Scales, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Wilkins, Kenneth T ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic roosts; Bat roosting; Movements; Population ecology; Radiotelemetry; Roost fidelity; Tadarida brasiliensis; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

MOLOSSIDAE; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 35348915330     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[402:SAFIRU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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