Insect pest consumption by bats in macadamia orchards established by molecular diet analyses

The diet of insectivorous bat species is difficult to study and the least invasive tool to gain information on these predators’ foraging preferences is the study of their faecal pellets. The aim of this study was to determine whether bats consumed insect pest species in macadamia orchards, with the...

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Main Authors: Sina M. Weier, Yoshan Moodley, Mischa F. Fraser, Valerie M.G. Linden, Ingo Grass, Teja Tscharntke, Peter J. Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418304475