Selection of diet and elevation by sympatric species of Sturnira in an andean rainforest

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1186-1195

  Giannini, Norberto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Argentina; Diet selection; Frugivorous bats; Phyllostomidae; Piper; Solanum; Sturnira

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; LILIUM; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PIPERACEAE; SOLANUM; STURNIRA; STURNIRA ERYTHROMOS; STURNIRA LILIUM;

EID: 0345766991     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383169     Document Type: Article

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