Tents and harems: Apparent defence of foliage roosts by tent-making bats

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-137

  Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Mccracken, Gary F ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artibeus jamaicensis; Bats; Chiroptera; Neotropics; Phyllostomidae; Resource defence; Tent architecture; Tent making behaviour; Uroderma bilobatum

Indexed keywords

BAT; PALM; POLYGYNY; RESOURCE DEFENCE; TENT ARCHITECTURE; TENT-MAKING BEHAVIOUR;

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TRINIDAD;

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; CHIROPTERA; COCOTHRINAX BARBADENSIS; MAURITIA FLEXUOSO; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; SABAL MAURITIIFORMIS; URODERMA BILOBATUM;

EID: 0030062490     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400009342     Document Type: Article

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