Bat activity and genetic diversity at long point, ontario, an important bird stopover site

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Dzal, Yvonne ^a,c   Hooton, Lauren A ^a   Clare, Elizabeth L ^b   Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Bat activity; Bat migration; Echolocation; Genetic diversity; Mist netting; Stopover site

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CANADA; LONG POINT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 77249110917     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X485549     Document Type: Article

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