Seasonal variation in use of winter roosts by five bat species in south-east Finland

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 262-273

  Wermundsen, Terhi ^a,b   Siivonen, Yrjö ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Clustering; Crevice occupation; Eptesicus; Hibernation; Humidity; Myotis; Plecotus; Seasonal variation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS NILSSONI; MYOTIS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PLECOTUS; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 77952098420     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-009-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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