The third dimension of bat migration: Evidence for elevational movements of Miniopterus natalensis along the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 751-764

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Helbig Bonitz, Maria ^b   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Geolocation; Migration; Movement ecology

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INSECTIVORE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

MINIOPTERUS NATALENSIS; RHINOLOPHUS CLIVOSUS;

ISOTOPE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TANZANIA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HAIR; ISOTOPES; MALE; MOVEMENT; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84897584215     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2819-0     Document Type: Article

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