Diet of the golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis (Microchiroptera) from north-eastern New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-658

  Schulz, M ^a   Wainer, J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FAECAL PELLET; GOLDEN-TIPPED BAT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; RICHMOND RANGE STATE FOREST;

KERIVOULA PAPUENSIS;

EID: 0031445267     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01967.x     Document Type: Article

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