Natterer's bats prefer foraging in broad-leaved woodlands and river corridors

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-322

  Smith, P G ^a   Racey, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositional analysis; Habitat preference; Log ratio analysis; Myotis nattererii; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

BAT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RIVER; WOODLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS NATTERERI;

EID: 47349088814     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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