Predation upon moths by free-foraging Hipposideros caffer

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 708-715

  Dunning, D C ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

acoustic defenses; echolocation; Hipposideros caffer; predation preferences

Indexed keywords

HIPPOSIDEROS CAFFER;

EID: 0029854989     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382675     Document Type: Article

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