Exploiting vulnerable prey: Moths and red bats (Lasiurus borealis; Vespertilionidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1553-1560

  Reddy, E ^a,b   Fenton, M B ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KLEPTOPARASITISM; MOTH;

LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 0346734387     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-146     Document Type: Article

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