Roosting behaviour of the greater noctule Nyctalus lasiopterus Schreber, 1780 (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in Hungary as revealed by radio-tracking

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 86-88

  Estók, Péter ^a   Gombköto, Péter ^b   Cserkész, Tamás ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Bukki Nemzeti Park   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Europe; Radio tracking; Roosting behaviour

Indexed keywords

BAT; ROOSTING; TRACKING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

CHIROPTERA; NYCTALUS LASIOPTERUS; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 34748903421     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.007     Document Type: Article

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