The diet of the pond bat Myotis dasycneme and its seasonal variation in a forested lakeland of northern Poland

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Ciechanowski, Mateusz ^a   Zapart, Aneta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Prey; Trawling bats; Water surface foraging

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

POLAND;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; MYOTIS DASYCNEME; TRICHOPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 84865718140     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X654286     Document Type: Article

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