Diet composition and foraging activity of Pipistrellus pygmaeus in a floodplain forest

Biologia

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-272

  Bartonička, Tomáš ^a   Řehák, Zdeněk ^a   Andreas, Michal ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bats; Droppings; Foraging activity; Prey

Indexed keywords

APHIDIFORMES; BRACHYCERA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATOCERA; NEUROPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS PYGMAEUS; SIMULIIDAE; STERNORRHYNCHA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 41649092666     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-008-0034-y     Document Type: Article

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