Activity patterns and habitat preferences of insectivorous bats in a West African forest-savanna mosaic

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-407

  Meyer, Christoph F J ^a,c   Schwarz, Christian J ^a   Fahr, Jakob ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Activity patterns; Chiroptera; C te d'Ivoire; Guilds; Habitat heterogeneity; Habitat use; Insect abundance; Ivory Coast; Moonlight; Predation pressure

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AIR TEMPERATURE; BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PREY AVAILABILITY;

AFRICA; COMOE NATIONAL PARK; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARTHROPODA; CHIROPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 3142691367     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404001373     Document Type: Article

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