Foraging behaviour of a frugivorous bat helps bridge landscape connectivity and ecological processes in a fragmented rainforest

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 801-813

  Henry, Mickaël ^a,d   Pons, Jean Marc ^b   Cosson, Jean François ^c  

^a UMR 5176   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Functional connectivity; Landscape ecology; Phyllostomid frugivorous bats; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONNECTIVITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MOVEMENT; RAINFOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; RHINOPHYLLA PUMILIO;

EID: 34250692517     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01258.x     Document Type: Article

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