Diet and prey selection in Mehelyi's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus mehelyi (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae) in the south-western Iberian Peninsula

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-286

  Salsamendi, Egoitz ^a,b   Garin, Inazio ^a   Almenar, David ^a   Goiti, Urtzi ^a   Napal, Maria ^a   Aihartza, Joxerra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Aranzadi Society of Sciences   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Lepidoptera; Prey selection; Rhinolophus mehelyi; South western Europe

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BAT; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA; BRACHYCERA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIROPTERA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 62349116525     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811008X414854     Document Type: Article

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