Female Bechstein's bats share foraging sites with maternal kin but do not forage together with them - results from a long-term study

Ethology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 793-801

  Melber, Markus ^a   Fleischmann, Daniela ^a   Kerth, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY; DATA SET; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT LOSS; HOME RANGE; HUNTING; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; MATERNAL CARE; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 84882630890     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12123     Document Type: Article

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