Elevation affects the distribution of the two sexes in daubenton's bats Myotis daubentonii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Italy

Mammalia

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-551

  Russo, D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bat; Competition; Italy; Myotis daubentonii; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ELEVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ABRUZZI; ITALY;

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; MYOTIS DAUBENTONII; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0036981162     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2002.66.4.543     Document Type: Article

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