The winter diet of the lesser horseshoe bat (rhinolophus hipposideros) in Britain;Dieta invernale del rinolofo minore (rhinolophus hipposideros) in bretagna e Irlanda and Ireland

Hystrix

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Williams, Carol ^a   Salter, Leo ^b   Jones, Gareth ^c  

^a Camborne Pool Redruth Campus ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dipterans; Faecal analysis; Foraging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANISOPODIDAE; BOS; DIPTERA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; SPHAEROCERIDAE;

EID: 79961230771     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/Hystrix-22.1-4498     Document Type: Article

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