Activity patterns of bats at house roosts near adelaide

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-145

  Sanderson, Ken J ^a   Jaeger, Dan A ^b   Bonner, Joanna F ^a   Jansen, Loraine ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Chalinolobus morio; House roosts; Mormopterus planiceps; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956897001     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM06023     Document Type: Article

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