Response of northern bats (Myotisseptentrionalis) to prescribed fires in eastern Kentucky forests

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1165-1175

  Lacki, Michael J ^a   Cox, Daniel R ^a   Dodd, Luke E ^b   Dickinson, Matthew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Fire ecology; Foraging habitat; Habitat selection; Home range; Insect communities; Myotis septentrionalis; Northern bats; Prescribed fire; Roost selection

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; TOLERANCE;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 70350490837     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-349.1     Document Type: Article

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