Foraging behaviour and energetics of a nectar-feeding bat, leptonycteris curasoae (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 244, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-586

  Horner, M A ^a   Fleming, T H ^b   Sahley, C T ^b,c  

^a TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Asociación para la Investigación y Conservación de la Naturaleza   (Peru)

Author keywords

Energetics; Foraging behaviour; Leptonycteris curasoae; Nectarivory; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLUMNAR CACTUS; ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; NECTAR FEEDING;

MEXICO, SONORA STATE, SONORAN DESERT;

LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; LEPTONYCTERIS SANBORNI; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI;

EID: 0031807192     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998004105     Document Type: Article

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