The implications of food hardness for diet in bats

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 201-212

  Aguirre, L F ^a   Herrel, A ^b   Van Damme, R ^b   Matthysen, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bite force; Chiroptera; Feeding

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FOOD SELECTION; HARDNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038402410     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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