Roost selection in the pipistrelle bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in northeast Scotland

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 909-917

  Jenkins, E V ^a,c   Laine, T ^b   Morgan, S E ^a   Cole, K R ^a   Speakman, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; ROOST SITE; SITE SELECTION;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 0031728824     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0858     Document Type: Article

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