Social networks of Rafinesque's big-eared bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in bottomland hardwood forests

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1545-1558

  Johnson, Joseph S ^a   Kropczynski, Jessica N ^a   Lacki, Michael J ^a   Langlois, Garret D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

core periphery; degree centrality; density; homophily; network centralization; roost availability; roost networks; sociality; transitivity; tree roosting bats

Indexed keywords

BAT; CENTRALIZATION; COLONIAL ORGANISM; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

MACROTUS; PLECOTUS RAFINESQUII;

EID: 84871219466     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-097.1     Document Type: Article

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