Influence of vegetation on bat use of riparian areas at multiple spatial scales

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-404

  Ober, Holly K ^a,b   Hayes, John P ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Foraging; Forest management; Forest structure; Habitat use; Multiple spatial scales; Oregon; Riparian; Vegetation composition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39449130395     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-193     Document Type: Article

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