Little brown Myotis persist despite exposure to white-nose syndrome

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-195

  Dobony, Christopher A ^a   Hicks, Alan C ^b   Langwig, Kate E ^c   Van Linden, Ryan I ^b   Okoniewski, Joseph C ^b   Rainbolt, Raymond E ^a  

^a Natural Resources Branch   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Little brown myotis; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861664145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/022011-JFWM-014     Document Type: Article

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