Foraging rates of Leptonycteris curasoae vary with characteristics of Agave palmeri

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Ober, Holly K ^a,b   Steidl, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; AGAVE PALMERI; LEPTONYCTERIS; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE;

EID: 1542542603     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0068:FROLCV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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