Use and selection of bridges as day roosts by Rafinesque's big-eared bats

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 386-399

  Bennett, Frances M ^a,d   Loeb, Susan C ^b   Bunch, Mary S ^c   Bowerman, William W ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BRIDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; NEW RECORD; ROOST SITE; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MACROTUS; PLECOTUS RAFINESQUII;

EID: 54949084645     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)160[386:UASOBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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