Bechstein's bats maintain individual social links despite a complete reorganisation of their colony structure

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 895-898

  Baigger, A ^a   Perony, N ^b   Reuter, M ^c   Leinert, V ^d   Melber, M ^e   Grunberger S ^c   Fleischmann, D ^e   Kerth, G ^e  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fission fusion; Multilevel social networks; Population crash; Social bonds

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; ROOSTING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84883466427     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1090-x     Document Type: Article

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