A heap of feathers does not make a bat's diet

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 141-142

  Bontadina, F ^a   Arlettaz, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET;

EID: 0037296210     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00702_1.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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