Bats and insects over two Scottish rivers with contrasting nitrate status

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Racey, Paul R ^a   Swift, Susan M ^a   Rydell, Jens ^a,b   Brodie, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; PIPISTRELLUS PIPISTRELLUS; PSYCHODIDAE; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0001358960     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136794309800016X     Document Type: Article

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