Foraging Ranges of Insectivorous Bats Shift Relative to Changes in Mosquito Abundance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gonsalves, Leroy ^a   Law, Brad ^b   Webb, Cameron ^c   Monamy, Vaughan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES VIGILAX; ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BAT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RISK REDUCTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; VESPADELUS VULTURNUS;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84877135080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064081     Document Type: Article

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