Diet of two sympatric insectivores bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-31

  Aguiar, Ludmilla M S ^a   Antonini, Yasmine ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological pest control; Insectivory; Mammals; Niche

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPTESICUS FURINALIS; HEMIPTERA; HESPERIIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS NIGRICANS; ORTHOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE; SPHINGIDAE; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 45749154863     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752008000100005     Document Type: Article

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