A comparison of the roosting behaviour of Gould's wattled bats Chalinolobus gouldii using bat boxes and tree hollows in suburban Melbourne

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 288-296

  Evans, Lisa N ^a   Lumsden, Lindy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chalinolobus gouldii; Gould's wattled bat; Microbat; Nest box; Radio telemetry; Roost switching; Roosting behaviour; Tree hollow; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE RESERVE; NEST BOX; PREDATION RISK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SITE FIDELITY; SUBURBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CHALINOLOBUS; CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII;

EID: 81755161994     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/fs.2011.029     Document Type: Article

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