Energy density patterns of nectar resources permit coexistence within a guild of Neotropical flower-visiting bats

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-21

  Tschapka, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chiropterophily; Ensemble; Glossophaginae; Phyllostomidae; Resources

Indexed keywords

BAT; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR;

GLOSSOPHAGA COMMISSARISI; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; HYLONYCTERIS UNDERWOODI; LICHONYCTERIS OBSCURA; LONCHOPHYLLA; LONCHOPHYLLA ROBUSTA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542467172     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004734     Document Type: Article

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