Using scissors to quantify hardness of insects: Do bats select for size or hardness?

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-476

  Freeman, Patricia W ^a   Lemen, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat prey; Beetle eating bats; Biomaterials; Cutting; Insect hardness; Insect size; Jaw mechanics; Moth eating bats; Prey selection; Size selection

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; HARDNESS; INSECTIVORY; MOTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33947288511     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00231.x     Document Type: Article

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