Flight activity and habitat use of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in a floodplain forest

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 365-375

  Bartonička, Tomàš ^a   Řehák, Zdeněk ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Flight activity; Habitat use; Pipistrellus; Seasonal overnight changes

Indexed keywords

BAT; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HABITAT USE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 11244305472     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.036     Document Type: Article

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