Food habits of Nyctinomops macrotis at a maternity roost in New Mexico, as indicated by analysis of guano

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-135

  Sparks, Dale W ^a   Valdez, Ernest W ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMON; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROTIS; MOLOSSIDAE; NYCTINOMOPS MACROTIS; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037357791     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0132:FHONMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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