Use of spatial features by foraging insectivorous bats in a large urban landscape

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1193-1204

  Avila Flores, Rafael ^a,b   Brock Fenton, M ^a,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat activity; Echolocation; Habitat use; Insectivorous bats; Megacities; Mexico City; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECHOLOCATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; URBAN AREA;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY; NORTH AMERICA;

EPTESICUS; EUMOPS PEROTIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MOLOSSIDAE; MYOTIS; NYCTINOMOPS MACROTIS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 30344433991     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/04-MAMM-A-085R1.1     Document Type: Article

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