Day roost selection in female Bechstein's bats (Myotis bechsteinii): A field experiment to determine the influence of roost temperature

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-9

  Kerth, Gerald ^a,b   Weissmann, Klaus ^a   König, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Breeding site selection; Chiroptera; Conservation; Information transfer

Indexed keywords

BAT; ROOST SITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 0035026515     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000489     Document Type: Article

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