Evening and morning activity schedules of the noctule bat (Nyctalus noctula) in Western Carpathians

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 126-130

  Kaňuch, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST ECOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bats; Dawn swarming; Emergence; Trees

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

NYCTALUS NOCTULA;

EID: 34948885055     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.026     Document Type: Article

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