DIETARY VARIATION OF BRAZILIAN FREE-TAILED BATS LINKS TO MIGRATORY POPULATIONS OF PEST INSECTS
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Mammalogy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0022-2372,1545-1542
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086<0067:dvobfb>2.0.co;2