The role of fruits and insects in the nutrition of frugivorous bats: Evaluating the use of stable isotope models

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 520-528

  Herrera M, L Gerardo ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Manzo A, Adriana ^a   Estrada B, Daniel ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Victor ^a   Méndez C, Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ardbeus jamaicensis; Carbon 13; Frugivory; Mexico; Nitrogen 15; Nutritional ecology; Phyllostomid bats; Stable isotope analysis; Sturnita lilium; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FRUGIVORY; INSECTIVORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUTRITION;

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LILIUM; PTERONOTUS; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; STURNIRA; STURNIRA LILIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035729383     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00206.x     Document Type: Article

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