Reproduction of the bat Glossophaga commissarisi (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae) in the Costa Rican rain forest during frugivorous and nectarivorous periods

Biotropica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-415

  Tschapka, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bimodal; Costa Rica; Diet; Frugivory; Nectarivory; Post partum estrus; Seasonality; Testis size; Tropical wet forest

Indexed keywords

BAT; FRUGIVORY; NECTARIVORY; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; GLOSSOPHAGA COMMISSARISI; GLOSSOPHAGINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 28444439895     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2005.00054.x     Document Type: Article

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