Effects of habitat disruption on the activity of nectarivorous bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in a dry tropical forest: Implications for the reproductive success of the neotropical tree Ceiba grandiflora

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 400-406

  Quesada, Mauricio ^a   Stoner, Kathryn E ^a   Rosas Guerrero, Víctor ^a   Palacios Guevara, Carolina ^a   Lobo, Jorge A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Phyllostomid bats; Plant reproductive success; Plant animal interactions; Pollination decline

Indexed keywords

BAT; DRY FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLOWER VISITING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ZOOPHILY;

(WEST); MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; CEIBA; CEIBA GRANDIFLORA; CHIROPTERA; GLOSSOPHAGA; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; LEPTONYCTERIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; MUSONYCTERIS HARRISONI; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 0037680646     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1234-3     Document Type: Article

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