Food hardness and feeding behavior in Old World fruit bats (Pteropodidae)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-14

  Dumont, Elizabeth R ^a   O'Neal, Reilly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Feeding; Fruit; Pteropodidae; Resource partitioning; Texture

Indexed keywords

BAT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; RESOURCE USE; SYMPATRY;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

DOBSONIA; DOBSONIA MINOR; NYCTIMENE; NYCTIMENE ALBIVENTER; PARANYCTIMENE RAPTOR; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; RAPTORES; SYCONYCTERIS; SYCONYCTERIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 1542348968     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BOS-107     Document Type: Article

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