Sources of assimilated protein in five species of new world frugivorous bats

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 280-287

  Herrera, L Gerardo ^a   Gutierrez, Elizabeth ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Altube, Baldo ^a   Díaz, Waldemar G ^a   Sánchez Cordero, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frugivory; Nutritional ecology; Phyllostomid bats; Protein requirements; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIETARY SHIFT; FRUGIVORY; NICHE PARTITIONING; PROTEIN; RAINFOREST;

MEXICO;

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; ARTIBEUS PHAEOTIS; CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LILIUM; STURNIRA; STURNIRA LILIUM; URODERMA; URODERMA BILOBATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036943935     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1036-z     Document Type: Article

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