Alcathoe bat (Myotis alcathoe) in the Czech Republic: Distributional status, roosting and feeding ecology

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-69

  Lučan, Radek K ^a,b   Andreas, Michal ^c   Benda, Petr ^a,d   Bartonička, Tomáeš ^e   Březinová, Tereza ^b   Hoffmannová, Anna ^f   Hulová, Štěpánka ^b   Hulva, Pavel ^a   Neckářová, Jana ^a   Reiter, Antonín ^g   Svačina, Tomáš ^h   Šálek, Martin ^b,i   Horáček, Ivan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f K ivokld tsko Protected Landscape Area Administration   (Czech Republic)

^g South Moravian Museum in Znojmo   (Czech Republic)

^h Městský Zd́mek ^*  (Czech Republic)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diet analysis; Forest bats; Myotis alcathoe; Radio tracking; Tree roosts

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREY PREFERENCE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOSTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARANEAE; CARPINUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS ALCATHOE; MYOTIS BRANDTII; MYOTIS MYSTACINUS; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 68149160935     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811009X465695     Document Type: Article

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