Flight activity and food habits of three species of Myotis bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in sympatry

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 589-597

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a,b   McCracken, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activity; Bats; Diets; Myotis; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS EVOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS SEPTENTRIONALIS; MYOTIS SODALIS; SODALIS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 5444263048     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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