Dietary characteristics of Myotis ricketti in Beijing, North China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-344

  Ma, Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Jinshuo ^a   Liang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Libiao ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^a   Metzner, Walter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Diet; Fecal analysis; Rickett's big footed bat

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INSECT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FANGSHAN; FAR EAST;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS MACRODACTYLUS; MYOTIS RICKETTI; PHOXINUS; ZACCO PLATYPUS;

EID: 33646245903     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-183R1.1     Document Type: Article

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