Effects of food abundance and wind on the use of tree lines by an insectivorous bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1393-1401

  Verboom, B ^a   Spoelstra, K ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; TREE; WIND VELOCITY;

PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 0033306670     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-9-1393     Document Type: Article

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