Reproductive success, colony size and roost temperature in attic-dwelling bat Myotis myotis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Zahn, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Growth; Myotis myotis; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAT; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROOST SITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 0033064202     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002150     Document Type: Article

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