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Mosquito Consumption by Insectivorous Bats: Does Size Matter?

Insectivorous bats have often been touted as biological control for mosquito populations. However, mosquitoes generally represent only a small proportion of bat diet. Given the small size of mosquitoes, restrictions imposed on prey detectability by low frequency echolocation, and variable field meta...

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Autores principales: Gonsalves, Leroy, Bicknell, Brian, Law, Brad, Webb, Cameron, Monamy, Vaughan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3795000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077183