The effect of food hardness on feeding behaviour in frugivorous bats (Phyllostomidae): An experimental study

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-229

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Feeding; Fruit bats; Fruit texture

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FRUGIVORY; HARDNESS; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; DERMANURA PHAEOTIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; STURNIRA LILIUM;

EID: 0033034631     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999006093     Document Type: Article

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