The diet of Myotis lucifugus across Canada: Assessing foraging quality and diet variability

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3618-3632

  Clare, Elizabeth L ^a   Symondson, William O C ^b   Broders, Hugh ^c   Fabianek, François ^d   Fraser, Erin E ^e   Mackenzie, Alistair ^f   Boughen, Andrew ^g   Hamilton, Rachel ^h   Willis, Craig K R ⁱ   Martinez Nuñez, Felix ⁱ   Menzies, Allyson K ⁱ   Norquay, Kaleigh J O ⁱ   Brigham, Mark ^j   Poissant, Joseph ^j   Rintoul, Jody ^j   Barclay, Robert M R ^k   Reimer, Jesika P ^k  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f Pinery Provincial Park Ontario Parks   (Canada)

^g Lake St George Conservation Field Centre Toronto and Region Conservation   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

molecular diet analysis; resource use; spatial temporal variation; species' interactions

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

ANIMAL; BAT; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT; MOLECULAR DIET ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RESOURCE USE; SEASON; SPATIAL/TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES' INTERACTIONS;

MOLECULAR DIET ANALYSIS; RESOURCE USE; SPATIAL/TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPECIES' INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904675758     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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