Impact of PIT tagging on recapture rates, body condition and reproductive success of wild Daubenton's bats (Myotis daubentonii)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 101-

  Rigby, E L ^a   Aegerter, J ^b   Brash, M ^c   Altringham, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ark Vets   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 84856363160     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.100075     Document Type: Article

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