Studying the migratory behavior of individual bats: Current techniques and future directions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1324-1329

  Holland, Richard A ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bat; Behavior; Ecology; Global positioning system; Migration; Radiotracking; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GPS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73549122767     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-S-086R2.1     Document Type: Article

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