Eating local: Influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1772-1780

  Clare, E L ^a   Barber, B R ^b   Sweeney, B W ^c   Hebert, P D N ^a   Fenton, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

community ecology; indicator species; predator prey interactions; resource use; species' interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ARACHNIDA; CAENIS; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 79953768954     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05040.x     Document Type: Article

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