Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis: Molossidae, Chiroptera) at high altitude: Links to migratory insect populations

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-118

  McCracken, Gary F ^a   Gillam, Erin H ^a,d   Westbrook, John K ^b   Lee, Ya Fu ^a,e   Jensen, Michael L ^c   Balsley, Ben B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; NOCTUIDAE; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 47249150546     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn033     Document Type: Article

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