Diet of the Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) at an urban/rural interface

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 435-442

  Tuttle, Nicole M ^a   Benson, David P ^a   Sparks, Dale W ^b  

^a MARIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS SODALIS;

EID: 33750341573     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[435:DOTMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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