Onset of volancy and foraging patterns of juvenile little brown bats, Myotis lucifugus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 239-246

  Adams, Rick A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging patterns; Myotis lucifugus; resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0031003716     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382657     Document Type: Article

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