Species on the menu of a generalist predator, the eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis): Using a molecular approach to detect arthropod prey

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2532-2542

  Clare, Elizabeth L ^a   Fraser, Erin E ^b   Braid, Heather E ^a   Fenton, M Brock ^b   Hebert, Paul D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Insects; Mammals; Molecular scatology; Predator prey interactions; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCTIIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 65949122093     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04184.x     Document Type: Article

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