Hard pellets from bats of Turkey

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 251-254

  Whitaker Jr , John O ^a   Karataş, Ahmet ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Fecal analysis; Hard pellets; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BAT; FECAL PELLET; TESTING METHOD;

TURKEY;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 77953279173     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/150811010X504743     Document Type: Article

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