Morphological characteristics predict alternate foraging strategy and microhabitat selection in the orange-bellied bat, Lampronycteris brachyotis

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1116-1123

  Weinbeer, Moritz ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Bat community; Coexistence; Lampronycteris brachyotis; Neotropics; Panama; Phyllostomidae; Spatial use; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BAT; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICRONYCTERIS BRACHYOTIS; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 11144240571     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BWG-206.1     Document Type: Article

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