Macrohabitat factors affect day roost selection by eastern red bats and eastern pipistrelles in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1757-1763

  O'Keefe, Joy M ^a   Loeb, Susan C ^a   Lanham, J Drew ^a   Hill Jr , Hoke S ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Bats; Forest management; Landscape; Lasiurus borealis; Perimyotis subflavus; Roost site selection

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; MANAGERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; BATS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LASIURUS BOREALIS; PERIMYOTIS SUBFLAVUS; ROOST-SITE SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; BAT; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROHABITAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER;

BAT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; MODELS; MOUNTAINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS BOREALIS; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS;

EID: 62049083220     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.037     Document Type: Article

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