Meta-analysis of summer roosting characteristics of two species of myotis bats

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 318-326

  Lacki, Michael J ^a   Cox, Daniel R ^a   Dickinson, Matthew B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; META-ANALYSIS; ROOSTING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EPTESICUS NILSSONI; MYOTIS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 77649249989     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.2.318     Document Type: Article

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