Food habits of Orii's flying-fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus, in relation to food availability in an urban area of Okinawa-jima Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 237-249

  Nakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Kinjo, Kazumitsu ^a,b   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food habits; Foraging strategy; Okinawa jima Island; Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus; Ryukyu flying fox; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PLATE BOUNDARY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; FICUS MICROCARPA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS;

EID: 34548478832     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2007)9[237:FHOOFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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