Harvest rates and patch-use strategy of Egyptian fruit bats in artificial food patches

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1140-1144

  Sánchez, Francisco ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Egyptian fruit bats; Frugivory; Giving up density; Harvest rates; Optimal foraging; Patch use; Resource assessment; Rousettus aegyptiacus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BAT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; PATCH USE; RESOURCE USE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ROUSETTUS AEGYPTIACUS;

EID: 33846046526     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-415R2.1     Document Type: Review

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