Bat community structure within riparian areas of northwestern Georgia, USA

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-202

  Johnson, Joshua B ^a   Ford, W Mark ^b   Edwards, John W ^a   Menzel, Michael A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabat; Eptesicus; Lasiurus; Myotis; Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling; Perimyotis; Regression Tree; Species Richness

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOMONITORING; CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER RESOURCE; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEXAPODA; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; MYOTIS; MYOTIS GRISESCENS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 77957564605     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v59.i3.a4.2010     Document Type: Article

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