Recruitment in a Colorado population of big brown bats: Breeding probabilities, litter size, and first-year survival

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 418-428

  O'Shea, Thomas J ^a   Ellison, Laura E ^a   Neubaum, Daniel J ^b   Neubaum, Melissa A ^b   Reynolds, Caryn A ^b   Bowen, Richard A ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Big brown bats; Breeding probabilities; Colorado; Eptesicus fuscus; Fecundity; Litter size; Maternity colonies; Recruitment; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DROUGHT; JUVENILE; LITTER SIZE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PREGNANCY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROOST SITE; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; VIRUS;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77951274344     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-295.1     Document Type: Article

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