Variation in the diet of mehely’s horseshoe bat, rhinolophus mehelyi, in three contrasting environments in Western Iran

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-72

  Sharifi, Mozafar ^a   Hemmati, Zeinab ^a  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bat; Diet; Feeding ecology; Food item; Iran; Middle East

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD; ZAGROS;

ACARI; COLEOPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODONATA; RHINOLOPHUS; RHINOLOPHUS MEHELYI; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 11044237051     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2004.10638064     Document Type: Article

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