A comparison of the roosting behaviour of Gould's wattled bats Chalinolobus gouldii using bat boxes and tree hollows in suburban Melbourne

• Main Authors: Evans, Lisa N., Lumsden, Lindy F.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Austral; Brisbane; Harper; Brigham; Carr; McCarthy; Wilkinson; Schaefer; Fenton; Paras; Unwin; Deakin; Giorgi; Crows Nest; Grindal; Organ Pipes; The Organ Pipes; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4591116; https://zenodo.org/record/4591116

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