An inordinate fondness for beetles? Variation in seasonal dietary preferences of night-roosting big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3633-3647

  Clare, Elizabeth L ^a   Symondson, William O C ^b   Fenton, Melville Brockett ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

insectivores; molecular diet analysis; species' interactions

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ANIMAL; BAT; BEETLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ONTARIO; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904647385     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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