Tree roosting by male and female eastern pipistrelles in a forested landscape

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 974-981

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

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Bats; Interior highlands; Ouachita Mountains; Perimyotis; Pipistrelle bat; Pipistrellus subflavus; Roost selection; Roosting

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION; SIZE SELECTION; TREE;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PINUS ECHINATA; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 36048971597     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-215R.1     Document Type: Article

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