Biomass and biodiversity of nocturnal aerial insects in an Adelaide City park and implications for bats (Microchiroptera)

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-106

  Scanlon, Annette T ^a   Petit, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bat activity; Bat diet; Insect biomass; Insect survey; Insect trap; Seasonality; South Australia; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 38849102276     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0043-6     Document Type: Article

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