Diet selection and resource use by flying foxes (genus Pteropus)

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1949-1967

  Banack, Sandra Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding strategies, flying foxes; Flying fox feeding strategies; Flying foxes as keystone species; Foraging theories; Island vs. mainland comparisons; Plant animal interactions; Pteropus samoensis; Pteropus tonganus; Resource use calculated using a preference index; Samoa

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE;

SAMOA;

PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS; PTEROPUS TONGANUS;

EID: 0031707535     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176701     Document Type: Article

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