Geoffroy's bat, Myotis emarginatus, preys preferentially on spiders in multistratified dense habitats: A study of foraging bats in the Mediterranean

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-24

  Goiti, Urtzi ^a   Aihartza, Joxerra ^a   Guiu, Maider ^a   Salsamendi, Egoitz ^a   Almenar, David ^a   Napal, Maria ^a   Garin, Inazio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Araneae; Chiroptera; Dehesa; Foraging; Iberia

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; PLANTATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE; WOODLAND;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARANEAE; CHIROPTERA; MYOTIS EMARGINATUS; QUERCUS ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 79952847429     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i1.a3.2011     Document Type: Article

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