Body size as an important factor determining trophic niche partitioning in three syntopic rhinolophid bat species

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 170-175

  Andreas, Michal ^a   Reiter, Antonín ^b   Cepáková, Eva ^c   Uhrin, Marcel ^d,e  

^a SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPE AND ORNAMENTAL GARDENING   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

^d P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^e CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; diet; resource partitioning; Rhinolophus euryale; Rhinolophus ferrumequinum; Rhinolophus hipposideros; trophic niche overlap

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS;

EID: 84871652670     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0139-1     Document Type: Article

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