Seasonal variation in nocturnal activity of male Daubenton's bats, Myotis daubentonii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-246

  Encarnação, Jorge A ^a   Kierdorf, Uwe ^b   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foraging activity; Germany; Myotis daubentonii; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY MASS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ROOSTING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33750428544     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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