High trophic similarity in the sympatric north european trawling bat species myotis daubentonii and myotis dasycneme

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-356

  Krüger, Frauke ^a   Harms, Inka ^a   Fichtner, Andreas ^a   Wolz, Irmhild ^b   Sommer, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

coexistence; diet analysis; faecal samples; M. daubentonii; Myotis dasycneme; trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; MYOTIS DASYCNEME; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84873119127     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X661666     Document Type: Article

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