Small scale activity patterns of Eptesicus nilssonii - An indication of habitat preference or interspecific processes?

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 503-516

  Haupt, Moritz ^a,b   Schmidt, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eptesicus nilssonii; Small scale distribution of activity; Transect survey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAMMAL; ROOSTING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EPTESICUS NILSSONI; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; NYCTALUS NOCTULA; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 39149094318     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[503:SSAPOE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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