Mosquito Consumption by Insectivorous Bats: Does Size Matter?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

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

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Forest Science Centre   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES VIGILAX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOLOCATION; FOREST; INSECTIVORE; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLIC RATE; MINIOPTERUS AUSTRALIS; MOSQUITO; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; PREY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VESPADELUS PUMILUS; VESPADELUS VULTURNUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; CULICIDAE; DIET; DNA; EATING; ECHOLOCATION; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 84885398309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077183     Document Type: Article

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