Study of guano communities of big brown bat colonies in Indiana and neighboring Illinois counties

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-232

  Webster, Janice M ^a,b   Whitaker Jr , John O ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CHEYLETIDAE; CIMEX; CIMEX ADJUNCTUS; CIMICIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; GIBBIUM PSYLLOIDES; HEMIPTERA; LIPOSCELIDAE; LIPOSCELIS; MACRONYSSIDAE; MEZIUM AMERICANUM; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS VELIFER; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS; PSOCOPTERA; PTINIDAE; SCENOPINIDAE; SCENOPINUS FENESTRALIS; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRICHOUROPODA; UROPODIDAE;

EID: 22544448119     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0221:SOGCOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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