Evidence of cryptic individual specialization in an opportunistic insectivorous bat

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-389

  Cryan, Paul M ^a   Stricker, Craig A ^a   Wunder, Michael B ^b  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; Chiroptera; deuterium; diet; Eptesicus fuscus; habitat use; hydrogen; nitrogen; stable isotopes; sulfur

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARBON; CRYPSIS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HYDROGEN; INSECTIVORE; MOLT; NITROGEN; PREY SELECTION; ROOSTING; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS;

EID: 84860599306     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-162.1     Document Type: Article

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