Influence of urbanization on demography of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) in the prairies of north america

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Coleman, Joanna L ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; BAT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CANADA; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; INSECT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRAIRIE; PREY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RURAL AREA; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; VERTEBRATA;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; CHIROPTERA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 79957496450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020483     Document Type: Article

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