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Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, March, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leave 250-287). Also available in print.

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Call number: LD2668 .T4 1966 N632 / Master of Science

Thèse--Neuchâtel. / "Extrait du tome VIII des Mémoires de la Société neuchâteloise des sciences naturelles." "Étude des collections de chauves-souris rapportées par la Mission scientifique suisse au Cameroun."--P. [9]. Bibliography: p. [114]-118.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--York University, 2001. Graduate Programme in Biology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 31-38). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ66401.

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For insectivorous bats living in temperate areas such as Nova Scotia, underground sites are a critical resource for over-wintering, as well as for swarming in the late summer and early fall, which is when mating occurs. The objectives of this study were to 1) identify additional abandoned mines and caves in Nova Scotia that are important swarming sites, and 2) quantitatively characterize factors which best differentiate between caves and mines that are used for swarming/hibernating, and those that are not. Acoustic and/or trapping surveys of 17 abandoned mines and nine caves in Nova Scotia were conducted in 2010. Five site characteristics were analysed to explain differences between used and unused sites. Surveys indicated that twelve of the 26 sites are used by bats during the swarming period. Results of a logistic regression analysis of nine a priori selected models indicated that chamber length was the best predictor of swarming.

Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) from a colony in Delaware County, Indiana were captured weekly from 9 July to 13 September, 1993. Food habits of the bats were quantified by analysis of fecal pellets collected in the field. The major foods were Coleopterans, particularly carabids and the agricultural pest Diabrotica undecimpunctata (averaging 54.47% and 32.91% of the total volume of fecal pellets, respectively). Other foods included Acrosternum hilare, Lepidoptera, Cicadellidae, Scarabaeidae, Curculionidae, Chrysomeloidea, Dytiscidae, Lygaeidae, Hemerobiidae, Gryllidae, Miridae, and Delphacidae. The volume of Carabidae and Galerucinae and the frequency of Carabidae and Scarabaeidae in fecal pellets varied temporally. Adults and juveniles differed significantly in the volume of Carabidae in the diet late in the summer. There was no significant difference in diet between the sexes. Diet of adults was more diverse than that of juveniles. Juveniles of both sexes had similar diet diversity. / Department of Biology