Diet of two Eptesicus bat species in Moravia (Czech Republic)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-16

  Gajdošík, Martin ^a,b   Gaisler, Jiří ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Silesian Museum   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Comparison; E. nilssonii; Eptesicus serotinus; Faecal pellets analysis; Food composition; Seasonal variation of diet

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FECAL PELLET; NICHE OVERLAP; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; MORAVIA;

APHIDOMORPHA; BRACHYCERA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CORIXIDAE; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; FORMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYGAEIDAE; MIRIDAE; NEMATOCERA; PSYLLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342522069     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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