Sympatric fruit bat species (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Comoro Islands (Western Indian Ocean): Diurnality, feeding interactions and their conservation implications

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-147

  Trewhella, William J ^a   Rodriguez Clark, Kathryn M ^a   Davies, Jon G ^a   Reason, Paola F ^a   Wray, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comoro Islands; Conservation; Diurnality; Foraging ecology; Pteropus; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

COMOROS;

PTEROPUS LIVINGSTONII; PTEROPUS SEYCHELLENSIS;

EID: 0035718328     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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