Dietary energetics of the insectivorous
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T. H. Kunz; J. O. Whitaker; M. D. Wadanoli
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Article
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1995
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Stomach content analysis of 20 pregnant (x body mass=13.4 g) and 18 lactating (x body mass=11.5 g) female Tadarida brasiliensis revealed that the diet, expressed as percent volume, consists largely of lepidopterans, coleopterans, hymenopterans, and dipterans, in decreasing order of importance. We fo