A case of snake predation upon bats in northern Morocco: Some implications for designing bat grilles

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-212

  Hammer, M ^a   Arlettaz, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONSERVATION; HABITAT PROTECTION; PREDATION; SNAKE;

MOROCCO;

CHIROPTERA; COLUBER; COLUBER HIPPOCREPIS; HIPPOCREPIS; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031876857     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998226094     Document Type: Article

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