Social interactions among wild female Bechstein's bats (Myotis bechsteinii) living in a maternity colony

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Kerth, Gerald ^a   Almasi, Bettina ^a   Ribi, Nina ^a   Thiel, Dominik ^a   Lüpold, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Allogrooming; Chiroptera; Nose rubbing; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI;

EID: 0038537356     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-003-0075-8     Document Type: Article

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