Diurnal roosts of male evening bats (Nycticeius humeralis) in diversely managed pine-hardwood forests

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Perry, Roger W ^a   Thill, Ronald E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BURNING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIEL VARIATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MALE BEHAVIOR; ROOST SITE;

NORTH AMERICA; OUACHITA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; NYCTICEIUS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 54949120606     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)160[374:DROMEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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