Winter feeding by bats in Missouri

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Dunbar, Miranda B ^a,c   Whitaker Jr , John O ^b   Robbins, Lynn W ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Eptesicus fuscus; Feeding; Hibernation; Lasionycteris noctivagans; Lasiurus borealis; Nycticeius humeralis; Winter

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIBERNATION; WINTER;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; NYCTICEIUS HUMERALIS;

EID: 34548475591     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[305:WFBBIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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