Diet of two insectivorous bats, Myotis lucifugus and Myotis keenii, in relation to arthropod abundance in a temperate Pacific Northwest rainforest environment

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1367-1375

  Burles, D W ^a   Brigham, R M ^b   Ring, R A ^c   Reimchen, T E ^c  

^a Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BAT; INSECTIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; RAINFOREST; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS KEENII; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 57349132571     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-125     Document Type: Article

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