Selection of diurnal roosts by red bats (Lasiurus borealis) in an intensively managed pine forest in Mississippi

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-20

  Elmore, Leslie W ^a   Miller, Darren A ^b   Vilella, Francisco J ^a  

^a Mississippi Coop Fish Wildl R   (United States)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Day roost; Diurnal roost; Foliage roosting bats; Forest management; Intensive forestry; Lasiurus borealis; Mississippi; Pine plantation; Red bat; Roosts; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

BASE MANAGEMENT; DIURNAL ROOSTS; TIMBER PRODUCTION;

ECOLOGY;

BAT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHIROPTERA; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; PINUS TAEDA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 4444383550     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.03.045     Document Type: Article

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