Nonrandom association patterns at northern long-eared bat maternity roosts

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 956-964

  Garroway, Colin J ^a,b   Broders, Hugh G ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; STANDARDIZATION;

AUTOMATED MONITORING SYSTEMS; BATS;

MAMMALS;

BAT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; LACTATION; MODELING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ROOSTING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 37249066760     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-079     Document Type: Article

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