Clustering behavior in wintering greater mouse-eared bats myotis myotis-the effect of micro-environmental conditions

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 417-424

  Boratyński, Jan S ^a,e   Rusiński, Marcin ^b   Kokurewicz, Tomasz ^c   Bereszyński, Andrzej ^d   Wojciechowski, Michał S ^e  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Ansee Consulting   (Poland)

^c WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bats; clustering behavior; hibernation; Myotis myotis

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIBERNATION; ROOSTING;

POLAND;

MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 84873206962     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811012X661738     Document Type: Article

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