Diets of juvenile, yearling, and adult big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in Southeastern Alberta

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 764-771

  Hamilton, Ian M ^a,b   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Big brown bat; Diet; Eptesicus fuscus; Foraging; Ontogeny; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001020551     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383087     Document Type: Article

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