Contrasting the roosting behaviour and phenology of an insectivorous bat (Myotis myotis) in its southern and northern distribution ranges

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-335

  Rodrigues, L ^a   Zahn, A ^b   Rainho, A ^a   Palmeirim, J M ^c  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Expansion; Myotis myotis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; PHENOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; ROOSTING; THERMOREGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642457307     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2003.67.3.321     Document Type: Article

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