Temporal patterns of individual and group foraging behaviour in the short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx, in south India

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 681-687

  Elangovan, V ^a   Marimuthu, G ^a   Kunz, T H ^b  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Cynopterus sphinx; Feeding behaviour; Fruiting strategies; Interference competition

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INDIA;

CYNOPTERUS SPHINX;

EID: 0032739468     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467499001091     Document Type: Article

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