Diet of two nectarivorous bats, Erophylla sezekorni and Monophyllus redmani (Phyllostomidae), on Puerto Rico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-26

  Soto Centeno, J Angel ^a,b   Kurta, Allen ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Diet; Erophylla sezekorni; Food; Frugivory; Fruit; Monophyllus redmani; Nectarivory; Pollen; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; NECTARIVORY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EROPHYLLA SEZEKORNI; EUGENIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MONOPHYLLUS; MONOPHYLLUS REDMANI; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PIPER ADUNCUM; PIPERACEAE; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TORVUM; TAMARINDUS INDICA;

EID: 33644585882     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-041R1.1     Document Type: Article

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