History of the Pipistrellus pipistrellus group in Central Europe in light of its fossil record

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-204

  Horáček, Ivan ^a   Jahelková, Helena ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Dynamic biogeography; Fossil record; Holocene; Paleobiogeography; Pipistrellus pipistrellus; Range extension; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

BAT; EEMIAN; FOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 29544432368     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[189:HOTPPG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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