First records of Myotis alcathoe von Helversen & Heller, 2001 in Belgium

Authors

  • Pierrette Nyssen Plecotus – Natagora, Rue Nanon 98, 5000 Namur
  • Quentin Smits Département de l’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole, Direction Générale de l’Agriculture, des Ressources Naturelles et de l’Environnement, Service Public de Wallonie, Avenue M. Juin 23, B-5030 Gembloux
  • Marc Van de Sijpe Vleermuizenwerkgroep – Natuurpunt, Coxiestraat 11, 2800 Mechelen
  • Bob Vandendriessche Vleermuizenwerkgroep – Natuurpunt, Coxiestraat 11, 2800 Mechelen
  • Daan Halfmaerten Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Gaverstraat 4, 9500 Geraardsbergen
  • Daan Dekeukeleire Ghent University, Department Biology, Terrestrial Ecology Unit, K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, 9000 Gent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2015.53

Keywords:

Vespertilionidae, Alcathoe whiskered bat, Wallonia, faecal DNA extraction

Abstract

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2020-01-13

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Nyssen, P., Smits, Q., Van de Sijpe, M., Vandendriessche, B., Halfmaerten, D., & Dekeukeleire, D. (2020). First records of Myotis alcathoe von Helversen & Heller, 2001 in Belgium. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 145(2). https://doi.org/10.26496/bjz.2015.53

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Vol. 145 No. 2 (2015)

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