Nonrandom patterns of roost emergence in big brown bats, Eptesicus fuscus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1253-1260

  Gillam, E H ^a   O'Shea, T J ^b   Brigham, R M ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bats; behavior; emergence; Eptesicus fuscus

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COLONY STRUCTURE; EMERGENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RESEARCH WORK; ROOST SITE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 83755170687     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-393.1     Document Type: Article

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