Dependence on cacti and agaves in nectar-feeding bats from Venezuelan arid zones

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 106-116

  Nassar, Jafet M ^a,b   Beck, Harald ^b   Sternberg, Leonel Da S L ^b   Fleming, Theodore H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid zones; CAM plants; Carbon; Glossophaga longirostris; Leptonycteris curasoae; Nectar feeding bats; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BAT; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; FOOD SELECTION; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NECTARIVORY;

VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; GLOSSOPHAGA LONGIROSTRIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037328875     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0106:DOCAAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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