Roost use by long-tailed bats in South Canterbury: Examining predictions of roost-site selection in a highly fragmented landscape

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Sedgeley, Jane A ^a,b   O'Donnell, Colin F J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bats; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; Habitat fragmentation; Roost site selection

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

CHALINOLOBUS; CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS; NOTHOFAGUS; RIPARIA; SALIX; SALIX FRAGILIS; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 4344615834     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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