Trophic relationships in a neotropical bat community: A preliminary study using carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Herrera, L G ^a,b   Fleming, T H ^a   Sternberg, L S ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carnivorous bats; Feeding habits; Frugivorous bats; Insectivorous bats; Nectarivorous bats; Stable isotopes; Trophic levels; Vampire bats

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; CENTURIO SENEX; DERMANURA WATSONII; TONATIA EVOTIS;

EID: 0032317944     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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