Long-term change in an assemblage of North American bats: Are eastern red bats declining?

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 359-366

  Winhold, Lisa ^a,b   Kurta, Allen ^a   Foster, Rodney ^a,c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BHE Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c Stevenson High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Bat; Diversity; Evenness; Lasiurus borealis; Long term change; Michigan

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; FOLIAGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; ROOSTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LASIURUS BOREALIS;

EID: 62349117190     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811008X414935     Document Type: Article

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