Activity pattern of the trawling phyllostomid bat, Macrophyllum macrophyllum, in Panamá

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-76

  Weinbeer, Moritz ^a   Meyer, Christoph F J ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Barro Colorado Island; Chiroptera; Convergent evolution; Foraging behavior; Foraging habitat; Insectivory; Seasonal lowland semideciduous forest; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; BIOTELEMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE;

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

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACROPHYLLUM MACROPHYLLUM; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 33644951869     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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