Resource partitioning by two species of vespertilionid bats (Lasiurus cinereus and Lasiurus borealis) feeding around street lights

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 325-334

  Hickey, M Brian C ^a,b   Acharya, Lalita ^a,c   Pennington, Shannon ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

bats; diet; Lasiurus; niche; resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIURUS; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; LEPIDOPTERA; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 9544236288     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382804     Document Type: Article

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