Food availability dictates the timing of parturition in insectivorous mouse-eared bats

Oikos

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-111

  Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,b   Christe, Philippe ^a   Lugon, Alain ^a   Perrin, Nicolas ^a   Vogel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECTIVORE; PARTURITION;

MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 0035164536     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950112.x     Document Type: Article

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