Home range and habitat selection of the Indiana bat in an agricultural landscape

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 503-512

  Kniowski, Andrew B ^a,b   Gehrt, Stanley D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; cropland; habitat; home range; Indiana bat; Myotis sodalis; Ohio; resource selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PATCH USE; RESOURCE SELECTION; RIPARIAN ZONE;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 84898058045     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.677     Document Type: Article

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