Timing of foraging flights of three species of bats in relation to insect activity and predation risk

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-252

  Rydell, Jens ^a,b   Entwistle, Abigail ^a   Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING; PREDATION RISK;

UK, SCOTLAND;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONII; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0030304550     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546196     Document Type: Article

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