Roosting and foraging social structure of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Silvis, Alexander ^a   Kniowski, Andrew B ^a   Gehrt, Stanley D ^b   Mark Ford, W ^a  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MYOTIS SODALIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ROOSTING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84901218225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096937     Document Type: Article

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