Intra- and interspecific patterns of day roost selection by three species of forest-dwelling bats in Southern British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 165-175

  Vonhof, Maarten J ^a   Gwilliam, John C ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Douglas fir; Eptesicus fuscus; Habitat selection; Lasionycteris noctivagans; Myotis californicus; Roost selection; Trembling aspen

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HABITAT SELECTION; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; ROOST SELECTION; TREMBLING ASPEN;

FORESTRY;

BAT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PEND OREILLE VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; MYOTIS CALIFORNICUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 35448968760     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.046     Document Type: Article

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