Diet and prey selection in the Mediterranean horseshoe bat Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) during the pre-breeding season

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-402

  Goiti, Urtzi ^a   Aihartza, Jose Ramon ^a   Garin, Inazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Country; Diet; Prey selection; Rhinolophus euryale; Southwestern Europe

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; PREY SELECTION;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHIZOTROGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11244292323     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.039     Document Type: Article

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