Resource and spatial-use patterns of an endangered vertebrate pollinator, the lesser long-nosed bat

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1615-1622

  Ober, Holly K ^a,b   Steidl, Robert J ^a   Dalton, Virginia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agave palmeri; Foraging; Home range; Leptanycteris curasoae; Pollination; Resource abundance; Time activity budgets

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AGAVE; AGAVE PALMERI; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE; LEPTONYCTERIS YERBABUENAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645662467     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1615:RASPOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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