Swarming of Myotis mystacinus and other bat species at high elevation in the Tatra Mountains, southern Poland

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-79

  Piksa, Krzysztof ^a  

^a PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elevational distribution; Mountains; Myotis; Poland; Swarming

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BAT; COPULATION; ELEVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HIBERNATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN REGION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SWARMING;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TATRA MOUNTAINS;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS BRANDTII; MYOTIS EMARGINATUS; MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; VESPERTILIO MURINUS;

EID: 48749110012     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811008X331108     Document Type: Article

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