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Diet of Tadarida brasiliensis (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Northwestern Argentina

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  • 1. PIDBA - Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina, PCMA - Programa de Conservación de los Murciélagos de Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML-Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina & CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Crisóstomo Alvarez 722, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina & Corresponding author: E-mail: santigamboaalurralde@gmail.com
  • 2. PIDBA - Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina, PCMA - Programa de Conservación de los Murciélagos de Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML-Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina & CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Crisóstomo Alvarez 722, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina & Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina
  • 3. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina & Corresponding author: E-mail: santigamboaalurralde@gmail.com

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Alurralde, Santiago Gamboa, Díaz, M. Mónica, Pidba, Pcma, Iml-U, Conicet (2018): Diet of Tadarida brasiliensis (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Northwestern Argentina. Acta Chiropterologica 20 (1): 221-228, DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.017, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/15081109acc2018.20.1.017

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