Winter mortality rates of bats inhabiting man-made shelters (northern Poland)

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-166

  Ruczyński, Ireneusz ^a   Ruczyńska, Iwona ^a   Kasprzyk, Krzysztof ^b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bats; Casualties; Chiroptera; Hibernation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BAT; MORTALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 22344445094     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03194479     Document Type: Article

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