Adult survival and population growth rate in Colorado big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 433-443

  O'Shea, Thomas J ^a   Ellison, Laura E ^a   Stanley, Thomas R ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

big brown bats; Colorado; Eptesicus fuscus; matrix models; population growth; seasonality; sensitivity analysis; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONY; DETECTION METHOD; DROUGHT; FECUNDITY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATERNAL CARE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

COLORADO; FORT COLLINS; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955080560     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-162.1     Document Type: Article

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