Second generation sequencing and morphological faecal analysis reveal unexpected foraging behaviour by Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in winter

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hope, Paul R ^a,b   Bohmann, Kristine ^a,c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^c   Zepeda Mendoza, Marie L ^c   Razgour, Orly ^a   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd Longdown   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Echolocation; Ecosystem services; Hibernation; Illumina MiSeq; Metabarcoding; Molecular diet analyses; Natterer's bat; Sensory ecology; Winter diet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900416329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-11-39     Document Type: Article

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