Influence of environment and resource availability on activity patterns of Carollia castanea (phyllostomidae) in Panama

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 331-338

  Thies, Wibke ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b,c   Schnitzler, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Bat; Lunar phobia; Moonlight; Phyllostomidae

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATION RISK; RAINFALL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WEATHER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; ARTIBEUS; CAROLLIA CASTANEA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 33646255668     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-161R1.1     Document Type: Article

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