Economic Importance of Bats in Agriculture

作者: J. G. Boyles , P. M. Cryan , G. F. McCracken , T. H. Kunz

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.1201366

关键词: Crop (anatomy)EcologyInsectivoreWhite-nose syndromeAgriculturePredationEcosystemBiology

摘要: … bat can consume 4 to 8 g of insects each night during the active season (9, 10), and when extrapolated to the one million bats estimated to have died from WNS, between 660 and 1320 …

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