Dietary composition and habitat use in a desert insectivorous bat community in Israel

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Yom Tov, Yoram ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Habitat selection; Israel; Microchiroptera; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002318459     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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