Diet of Hoary (Lasiurus cinereus) and Silver-haired (Lasionycteris noctivagans) Bats while migrating through southwestern Alberta in late summer and autumn

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-237

  Reimer, Jesika P ^a   Baerwald, Erin F ^a   Barclay, Robert M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BAT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONALITY; STOMACH CONTENT; WIND TURBINE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CORIXIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; LASIURUS CINEREUS;

EID: 77957329637     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-164.2.230     Document Type: Article

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