Feeding behaviour and foraging strategy of free-living mouse-eared bats, Myotis myotis and Myotis blythii

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Arlettaz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; TETTIGONIIDAE;

BUSH CRICKET; DIET; FORAGING STRATEGY; MOUSE-EARED BAT;

EUROPE, ALPS; SWITZERLAND, ALPS;

EID: 0029669154     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0001     Document Type: Article

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