The diet of the Noctule bat Nyctalus noctula in Latvia

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-83

  Rydell, Jens ^a   Petersons, Gunars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Echolocation; Insects; Predation

Indexed keywords

NYCTALUS NOCTULA;

EID: 0031811133     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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