Activity pattern and foraging behavior of bulldog-bat Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus,) (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) in Guaratuba Bay, Paraná State, Brazil;Padrão de atividade e comportamento de forrageamento do morcego-pescador Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus) (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) na Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-57

  Bordignon, Marcelo O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fishing diet; Mangrove; Piscivory; Rain Forest; Tide level

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; NOCTILIO LEPORINUS; NOCTILIONIDAE;

EID: 33646854027     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752006000100003     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. ALMANSA, J.C. & L.A. MARTINEZ. 1982. Ritmo de actividad de cuatro especies de murcielagos neotropicales. História Natural, Corrientes, 2 (24): 213-220.
2. ALTENBACH, J.S. 1989. Prey capture by the fishing bats Noctilio leporinus and Myotis vivesi. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 70 (2): 421-424.
3. ALTMANN, J. 1974. Observational study of behavior: Sampling methods. Behaviour, Leiden, 49: 227-265.
4. BLOEDEL, P. 1955. Hunting methods of fishing-eating bats, particularly Noctilio leporinus. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 36: 390-399.
5. BLOOD, B. R. & M.K. CLARK. 1998. Myotis vivesi. Mammalian Species, Washington, 588: 1-5.
6. BORDIGNON, M.O. & A.O. FRANÇA. 2002. Fish consumption by Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Guaratuba Bay, southern Brazil. Chiroptera Neotropical, Brasília, 8 (1-2): 148-150.
7. BROOKE, A.P. 1994. Diet of the fishing bat, Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae). Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 75 (1): 212-218.
8. BROOKE, A.P. 1997. Social organization and foraging behavior of the fishing bat, Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae). Ethology, Berlin, 103: 421-436.
9. BROWN, J.H. 1968. Activity patterns of some neotropical bats. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 49: 754-757.
10. CHAVES, P.T.C. 1994. A incubação de ovos e larvas em Genidens genidens (Valenciennes) (Siluriformes, Ariidae) da Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba, 11 (4): 641-648.
11. CHAVES, P.T.C. 1995. Atividade reprodutiva de Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier) (Pisces, Sciaenidae) na Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba, 12 (4): 759-766.
12. CHAVES, P.T.C. & A.L. VENDEL. 1997. Reprodução de Stellifer rastrifer (Jordan) (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) na Baía de Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba, 14 (1): 81-89.
13. CERVANTES, M.A. & T.A. SOLORZANO. 1991. Notas sobre la dieta alimenticia del murcielago pescador Noctilio leporinus (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Anales de la Escuela Nacionale de Ciencias Biologicas del México, México, 35: 123-127.
14. EMMONS, L.H. & F. FEER. 1990. Neotropical rain forest mammals: a field guide. Chicago, the University of Chicago Press, 290p.
15. FENTON, M.B. 1992. Bats. New York, Facts On File Incorporation, 207p.
16. FENTON, M.B.; D. AUDET; D.C. DUNNING; J. LONG; C.B. MERRIMAN; D. PEARL; D.M. SYME; B. ADKINS; S. PEDERSEN & T. WOHLGENANT. 1993. Activity patterns and roost selection by Noctilio albiventris (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae) in Costa Rica. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 74 (3): 607-613.
17. FENTON, M.B. & T.H. KUNZ. 1977. Movements and Behavior. Special Publications of The Museum Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 13: 351-364.
18. FERRAREZZI, H. & E.A. GIMENEZ. 1996. Systematic Patterns and the evolution of feeding habits in Chiroptera (Archonta: Mammalia). Journal of Comparated Biology, London, 1: 75-94.
19. FISH, F.E.; B.R. BLOOD. & B.D. CLARK. 1991. Hydrodynamics of the feet of fish-catching bats: influence of the water surface on drag and morphological design. Journal of Experimental Zoology, New Haven, 258: 164-173.
20. GANNON, M.R. & M.R. WILLIG. 1997. The effect of lunar illumination on movement and activity of the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum). Biotropica, Lawrence, 29 (4): 525-529.
21. HANDLEY JR., C.O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin Biological Series, Provo, 20 (5): 1-89
22. HOOD, C.S. & J.K. JONES JR. 1984. Noctilio leporinus. Mammalian Species, Washington, 216: 1-7.
23. JONES JR., J.K.; J.D. SMITH & H.H. GENOWAYS. 1973. Annotated checklist of mammals of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. 1. Chiroptera. Occasional Papers of The Museum Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 13: 1-31.
24. KOOPMAN, K.F. 1982. Biogeography of the bats of South America. Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology Especial Publication, Linesville, 6: 273-302.
25. KUNZ, T.H. 1973. Resource utilization: temporal and spatial components of bat activity in Central Iowa. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 54 (1): 15-32.
26. KUNZ, T.H. 1988. Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 533p.
27. LA VAL, R.K. & H.S. FITCH. 1977. Structure, movements and reproduction in three Costa Rican bat communities. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum University of Kansas, Lawrence, 69: 1-28.
28. MA, J.; G. JONES; S. ZHANG; J. SHEN; W. METZNER; L. ZHANG & B. LIANG. 2003. Dietary analysis confirms that Rickett's bigfooted bat (Myotis ricketti) is a piscivore. Journal of Zoology, London, 261: 245-248.
29. MARINHO-FILHO, J.S. & I. SAZIMA. 1989. Activity patterns of six phyllostomid bat species in southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro, 49 (3): 777-782.
30. NOWAK, R.M. 1994. Walker's Bats of the World. London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 654p.
31. NOVICK, A. & B.A. DALE. 1971. Foraging behavior in fishing bats and their insectivorous relatives. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 52: 817-818
32. ROMERO, A. 1985. Cave colonization by fish: role of bat predation. The American Midland Naturalist, Notre Dame, 113 (1): 7-12.
33. ROVERUD, R.C. & M.A. CHAPPELL. 1991. Energetic and thermoregulatory aspects of clustering behavior in the neotropical bat Noctilio albiventris. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Chicago, 64 (6): 1527-1541.
34. SCHNITZLER, H.U.; E.K.V. KALKO; I. KAIPF & A.D. GRINNELL. 1994. Fishing and echolocation behavior of the greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus, in the field. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Berlin, 35 (5): 327-345.
35. SUTHERS, R.A. 1965. Acoustic orientation by fish-catching bats. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Hoboken, 158: 319-348.
36. UIEDA, V.S.; W. UIEDA; O. FROEHLICH & M.E.C. AMARAL. 1989. Organização de cardumes de Tilapia rendalli na Represa de Americana, São Paulo. Revista Brasileira de Biologia, Rio de Janeiro, 49 (3): 749-756.
37. VILLA-RAMIREZ, B. 1966. Los murcielagos de Mexico. Mexico, Editorial Libros de México, 347p.
38. WILLIG, M.R. 1985. Reproductive patterns of bats from caatingas and cerrado biomes in northeast Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy, Lawrence, 66: 668-681.
39. ZÓRTEA, M. & L. AGUIAR. 2001. Foraging behavior of the fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Noctilionidae). Chiroptera Neotropical, Brasília, 7 (1-2): 140-142.