Food availability and annual migration of the straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-44

  Richter, H V ^a   Cumming, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Foraging; Megachiroptera; Phenology

Indexed keywords

BAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; EIDOLON HELVUM; MEGACHIROPTERA;

EID: 33645457030     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2005.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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