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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |