Diet and prey selection in the trawling long-fingered bat

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-348

  Almenar, D ^a,b   Aihartza, J ^a   Goiti, U ^a   Salsamendi, E ^a   Garin, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bats; Diet; Iberian Peninsula; Myotis capaccinii; Prey selection; Trawling

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; LIFE CYCLE; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; TRAWLING;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS CAPACCINII; NEMATOCERA; NEUROPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 41749110673     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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