Feeding specialization of two species of bats and the fruit quality of Piper arboreum in a Central Brazilian gallery forest

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 913-918

  Bizerril, Marcelo X A ^a   Raw, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bat; Carollia; Frugivory; Gallery forest; Glossophaga; Piper

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038131128     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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