Colony dynamics of Leptonycteris nivalis (Mexican long-nosed bat) related to flowering Agave in Northern Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 453-459

  Moreno Valdez, Arnulfo ^a   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a   Grant, William E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Food availability; Leptonycteris nivalis; Mexico; Migration; Roost dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAT; COLONIAL ORGANISM; FLOWERING; FOOD SUPPLY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NUEVO LEON;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; LEPTONYCTERIS; LEPTONYCTERIS NIVALIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2642524606     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0453:CDOLNM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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