Geographic variation in roost-site selection of long-legged myotis in the pacific northwest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1218-1228

  Lacki, Michael J ^a   Baker, Michael D ^b   Johnson, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b BAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

conifer forests; day roosts; habitat modeling; Idaho; Myotis volans; Oregon; Pacific Northwest; snags; Washington

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOST SITE; SNAG;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MYOTIS VOLANS;

EID: 77955064682     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-274     Document Type: Article

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