Dietary composition, resource partitioning and trophic niche overlap in three forest foliage-gleaning bats in central Europe

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-345

  Andreas, Michal ^a   Reiter, Antonín ^b   Benda, Petr ^c,d  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

foraging strategy; Gleaning bats; Myotis bechsteinii; Myotis nattereri; Plecotus auritus; trophic niche overlap

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FOLIAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS BECHSTEINI; MYOTIS NATTERERI; PLECOTUS AURITUS;

EID: 84873143342     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X661657     Document Type: Article

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