Behavioral response of bats to passive integrated transponder tag reader arrays placed at cave entrances

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 146-150

  Britzke, Eric R ^a   Gumbert, Mark W ^b   Hohmann, Matthew G ^c  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b Copperhead Environmental Consulting Inc ^*  (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Behavior; Indiana bat; Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902801491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/082012-JFWM-065     Document Type: Note

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