Fly-and-forage strategy in the bat pipistrellus nathusii during autumn migration

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-385

  Šuba, Juršis ^a   Petersons, Gunars ^b   Rydell, Jens ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; feeding strategy; Latvia; Pape Ornithological Research Station

Indexed keywords

BAT; BREEDING SITE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; LATVIA;

HEXAPODA; PIPISTRELLUS NATHUSII;

EID: 84873200616     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X661693     Document Type: Article

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