The diet and reproductive schedules of Leptonycteris curasoae curasoae and Glossophaga longirostris elongata (Chiroptera: Glossophaginae) on curaçao

Biotropica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-223

  Petit, Sophie ^a  

^a Cidex 50A ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Bat diet; Bat reproductive schedule; Cactus; Coevolution; Cura ao; Mutualism; Nectar feeding bats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003046425     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1997.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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