Foraging behaviour of the gleaning bat Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in the Swiss Alps

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Arlettaz, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS NATTERERI;

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; GLEANING BAT; NATTERER'S BAT;

SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0029661151     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1996.60.2.181     Document Type: Article

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