Do bats forage over cattle dung or over cattle?

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Downs, Nick C ^a   Sanderson, Laura J ^a,b  

^a Cresswell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; England; farming; foraging; management

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CATTLE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; MYOTIS; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS;

EID: 78650916701     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X537936     Document Type: Article

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