Altitudinal migration in bats: Evidence, patterns, and drivers

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 767-786

  Mcguire, Liam P ^a,b   Boyle, W Alice ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Differential migration; Evolution of migration; Partial migration; Seasonal movements; Sexual segregation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; MALE;

EID: 84884981146     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12024     Document Type: Article

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