Critical times of the year for Myotis myotis, a temperate zone bat: Roles of climate and food resources

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-125

  Zahn, Andreas ^a   Rodrigues, Luísa ^b   Rainho, Ana ^b   Palmeirim, Jorge M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body condition; Diet; Germany; Myotis myotis; Portugal; Prey availability; Resource bottlenecks

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 34548483215     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[115:CTOTYF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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