Behavior and day-roosting ecology of North American foliage-roosting bats

Bats in Forests: Conservation and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 61-82

  Carter, Timothy C ^a   Menzel, Jennifer M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

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