Gleaning bats as underestimated predators of herbivorous insects: Diet of Micronycteris microtis (Phyllostomidae) in Panama

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Kalka, Margareta ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Feeding rate; Herbivory; Infrared videotaping; Insectivory; Predation

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARTHROPODA; CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICRONYCTERIS MICROTIS; PHASMATODEA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; SCARABAEIDAE; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 29344434325     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002920     Document Type: Article

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