Response to seasonal change of insect resources in Changbai Mountain temperate forests by Greater Horseshoe bats

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2410-2415

  Wang, Jing ^a   Metzner, Walter ^b   Zhu, Xu ^a   Wang, Xin Hua ^c   Feng, Jiang ^a  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; distance from the day roost; food availability; seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

EID: 77955535916     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3277-2     Document Type: Article

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