Dietary variation of Brazilian free-tailed bats links to migratory populations of pest insects

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a,b   McCracken, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bats; Crop pests; Diet; Moths; Tadarida brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

BAT; CROP PEST; DIET; DIURNAL VARIATION; FECES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NATURAL ENEMY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 14044249510     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0067:DVOBFB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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