Roosting and foraging behavior of two neotropical gleaning bats, Tonatia silvicola and Trachops cirrhosus (Phyllostomidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 344-353

  Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b,c   Friemel, Dorothea ^d   Handley Jr , Charles O ^c   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecology; Foraging; Forest fragmentation; Microchiroptera; Radio tracking; Roost

Indexed keywords

BAT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; ROOSTING;

PANAMA; VENEZUELA;

TONATIA SILVICOLA; TRACHOPS CIRRHOSUS;

EID: 0033499545     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00146.x     Document Type: Article

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