Foraging-habitat selection by bats at an urban-rural interface: Comparison between a successful and a less successful species

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1157-1164

  Duchamp, Joseph E ^a,b   Sparks, Dale W ^a   Whitaker Jr , John O ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN PLANNING; WOOD;

HUMAN-MADE STRUCTURES; TREE CAVITIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WOOD;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; NYCTICEIUS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS;

EID: 9944250055     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-095     Document Type: Article

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