Foraging ecology of the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) in the seasonal tropics of the Northern Territory, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-178

  Palmer, Carol ^a,b   Price, Owen ^a,c   Bach, Christine ^a,d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature   (Australia)

^c Parks Wildl Commn of the N Terr   (Australia)

^d Dept of Lands Plan and Environ ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION;

AUSTRALIA;

PTEROPUS ALECTO;

EID: 0033993687     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR97126     Document Type: Article

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