Effects of riparian buffer width on activity and detection of common bats in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Abstract Riparian zones are important to bats, which use them for foraging, roosting, and drinking. To predict effects of timber harvests in riparian areas on bats, more information is needed on the functional width of riparian zones for bats, and how bats respond to forest removal near small perenn...

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Main Authors: Joy M. O'Keefe, Susan C. Loeb, Patrick D. Gerard, J. Drew Lanham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-06-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.267