Spatial and temporal variability of bat foraging in a western European low mountain range forest

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-33

  Kusch, Jürgen ^a   Idelberger, Sylvia ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Foraging sites; Nightly activity; Seasonal activity; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MONTANE FOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PALATINATE FOREST; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 17644421423     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.003     Document Type: Article

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