Nutritional values of 14 fig species and bat feeding preferences in Panama

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 489-501

  Wendeln, Marcia C ^a   Runkle, James R ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ^*  (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Bats; Carbohydrate; Frugivory; Lignin; Minerals; Protein; Tannin

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; PANAMA;

FICUS BULLENEI; FICUS INSPIDIA; FICUS OBTUSIFOLIA; FICUS YOPONENSIS;

EID: 0033776088     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00495.x     Document Type: Article

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