Foraging habitat preferences of bats in relation to food supply and spatial vegetation structures in a western European low mountain range forest

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-128

  Kusch, Jürgen ^a   Weber, Claudia ^a   Idelberger, Sylvia ^a   Koob, Tobias ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bat distribution; Echolocation; Habitat use; Prey

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD SUPPLY; HABITAT SELECTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MYOTIS; NYCTALUS;

EID: 3843058873     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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