Planning for bats on forest industry lands in North America

Bats in Forests: Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 293-318

  Wigley, T Bently ^a   Miller, Darren A ^b   Yarrow, Greg K ^c  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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