Diet of the endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalla) on the northern edge of its range

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 280-286

  Kurta, Allen ^a   Whitaker Jr , John O ^b  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECAL PELLET;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS SODALIS; MYOTIS SODALLA; TRICHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031796968     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0280:DOTEIB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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