Use of lichen as a roosting substrate by Perimyotis subflavus, the tricolored bat, in Nova Scotia

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-378

  Poissant, Joseph A ^a   Broders, Hugh G ^a   Quinn, Greg M ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

colony; disjunct; lichen; Perimyotis; tricolored bat; Usnea

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; LICHEN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOSTING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSTRATE;

CANADA; ENGLAND; KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK; MERSEY RIVER; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; USNEA; USNEA TRICHODEA;

EID: 78650650663     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-4-3352     Document Type: Article

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