Roost selection in suburban bushland by the urban sensitive bat Nyctophilus gouldi

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Threlfall, Caragh G ^a,b   Law, Bradley ^c   Banks, Peter B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

insectivorous bat; Nyctophilus gouldi; radiotracking; roost selection; tree hollows; urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BAT; BUSHLAND; CANOPY; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; ROOSTING; SUBURBAN AREA; UNDERSTORY; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

AVES; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATODUS;

EID: 84876360337     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-393.1     Document Type: Article

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