Post-release survival of hand-reared pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus spp)

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-382

  Kelly, An ^a,b   Goodwin, S ^a   Grogan, A ^a   Mathews, F ^c  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Pipistrelle bat; Radio tracking rehabilitation; Survival; Wildlife rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BAT; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA; PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 56349139266     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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