Do the thermal conditions in maternity colony roost determine the size of young bats? Comparison of attic and cave colonies of Myotis myotis in Southern Poland

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-408

  Postawa, Tomasz ^a   Gas, Anna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Greater mouse eared bat; Microclimate; Nursery colony; Roost adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BODY SIZE; CAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROCLIMATE; MORPHOLOGY; NURSERY GROUND; PREGNANCY; ROOST SITE; TORPOR;

POLAND;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 73949105545     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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