Male seminole bat winter roost-site selection in a managed forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1756-1764

  Hein, Cris D ^a   Castleberry, Steven B ^a   Miller, Karl V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Lasiurus seminolus; Pine; Pinus spp.; Radiotelemerry; Roost site selection; Seminole bat; South carolina; Winter

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS SEMINOLUS;

EID: 56649109497     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-595     Document Type: Article

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