Aggregative response in bats: Prey abundance versus habitat

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 673-684

  Müller, Jörg ^a,b   Mehr, Milenka ^a   Bässler, Claus ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^c   Hothorn, Torsten ^d   Pretzsch, Hans ^b   Klemmt, Hans Joachim ^b,e   Brandl, Roland ^f  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Bavarian State Institute of Forestry   (Germany)

^f PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Batcorder; Foraging; Predator prey interaction; Terrestrial laser scanner; Vegetation density

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PITFALL TRAP; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862174822     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2247-y     Document Type: Article

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