Alternative use of two different roost types by a maternity colony of the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 201-209

  Seckerdieck, Antje ^a   Walther, B ^b   Halle, S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Conservation; Energetics; Microchiroptera; Rhinolophidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; ROOST SITE; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; THURINGIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 20544445006     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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