Nathusius' pipistrelles Pipistrellus nathusii (Chiroptera) reveal different temporal activity patterns in wooded and open riparian sites

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-109

  Ciechanowski, Mateusz ^a   Zajac, Tomasz ^a   Biłas, Agnieszka ^a   Dunajski, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activity; Chiroptera; Foraging habitat; Predation; Vespertilionidae

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BAT; FEEDING GROUND; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PREDATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 67249136151     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.027     Document Type: Article

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