Roost selection by Big Brown Bats in forests of Arkansas: Importance of Pine snags and open forest habitats to males

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-618

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

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 57649115432     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092-7.4.607     Document Type: Article

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