The diet of the serotine bat. A comparison between rural and urban environments

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-49

  Kervyn, Thierry ^a,b   Libois, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Direction Générale des Ressources Naturelles et de l'Environnement   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Eptesicus serotinus; Food; Foraging tactic; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FECAL PELLET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ROOSTING; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIMALLON; ARACHNIDA; CARABIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; GEOTRUPES; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MELOLONTHA; MELOLONTHINAE; PENTATOMIDAE; RHIZOTROGUS; SCARABAEIDAE; SERICA; TIPULIDAE; TRICHOPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 47549102089     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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