Functional significance of emergence timing in bats

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-40

  Duvergé, P Laurent ^b   Jones, Gareth ^b   Rydell, Jens ^a   Ransome, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; EMERGENCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

AVES; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; EPTESICUS NILSSONII; HIPPOSIDEROS; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 0034024570     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00258.x     Document Type: Article

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