Dietary analysis confirms that Rickett's big-footed bat (Myotis ricketti) is a piscivore

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-248

  Ma, Jie ^a,c   Jones, Gareth ^b   Zhang, Shuyi ^a   Shen, Junxian ^c   Metzner, Walter ^e   Zhang, Libiao ^a,d   Liang, Bing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; Diet; Echolocation; Insectivore; Myotis ricketti; Piscivore

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORY;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS RICKETTI; MYOTIS VIVESI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344962388     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690300414X     Document Type: Article

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