Roost fidelity and fission-fusion dynamics of white-striped free-tailed bats (Tadarida australis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1252-1260

  Rhodes, Monika ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fission fusion; Roost fidelity; Roost network; Roost sharing behavior; Roost switching behavior; Suburban Australia; Tadarida australis

Indexed keywords

BAT; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SITE FIDELITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

TADARIDA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 35548988919     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-374R1.1     Document Type: Article

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