The guild structure of animalivorous leaf-nosed bats of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, revisited

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-146

  Giannini, Norberto P ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Feeding habits; Panama; Phyllostomidae; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY;

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

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PHYLLOSTOMINAE;

EID: 23044450373     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[131:TGSOAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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