Avian prey of the Australian ghost bat Macroderma gigas (Microchiroptera: Megadermatidae): Prey characteristics and damage from predation

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-91

  Boles, Walter E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avian prey; Bat edict; Fossil bat prey; Ghost Bat; Macroderma gigas

Indexed keywords

AEGOTHELES CRISTATUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MACRODERMA GIGAS; MAMMALIA; MEGADERMATIDAE; MICROCHIROPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0040715755     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1999.009     Document Type: Article

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