Sex-specific habitat selection in an edge habitat specialist, the western barbastelle bat

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 180-190

  Hillen, Jessica ^a,b   Kaster, Thorsten ^a   Pahle, Jasmine ^a   Kiefer, Andreas ^a   Elle, Ortwin ^b   Griebeler, Eva Maria ^a   Veith, Michael ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MATERNAL EFFECT; OPEN SPACE; SPECIALIST;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS;

EID: 80052013984     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.048.0306     Document Type: Article

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