Effect of emergent aquatic insects on bat foraging in a riparian forest

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1252-1258

  Fukui, Dai ^a   Murakami, Masashi ^a   Nakano, Shigeru ^b   Aoi, Toshiki ^c  

^a Tomakomai Research Station   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allochthonous resources; Chiroptera; Ecotone; Subsidy; TOEF

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BAT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RIVER; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ARTHROPODA; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33749653812     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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