Effect of roost size on the emergence behaviour of pipistrelle bats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 787-795

  Speakman, J R ^a   Irwin, N ^a   Tallach, N ^a   Stone, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; EMERGENCE; ROOSTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 0032868671     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1203     Document Type: Article

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