Resource selection by Indiana bats during the maternity season

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 707-715

  Womack, Kathryn M ^a   Amelon, Sybill K ^b   Thompson III, Frank R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

discrete choice; foraging; Indiana bat; Missouri; Myotis sodalis; resource selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; CANOPY; DATA ACQUISITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LAND COVER; MATERNAL EFFECT; PERSISTENCE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SEASON; TELEMETRY; UNDERSTORY;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 84876402013     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.498     Document Type: Article

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