Food habits of Japanese pipistrelles Pipistrellus abramus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in northern Taiwan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-101

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a,b   Lee, Ling Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Diet; Pipistrellus abramus

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS ABRAMUS; TRICHOPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 21244486701     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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