Effects of sugar composition and concentration on food selection by Saussure's long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) and the long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1466-1474

  Rodriguez Pena N ^a   Stoner, K E ^a   Schondube, J E ^a   Ayala Berdon J ^a   Flores Ortiz, C M ^b   Martinez Del Rio C ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera; Chiropterophilous flowers; Concentration preferences; Dry forest; Energetic equivalence; Mexico; Pollination ecology; Sugar preferences

Indexed keywords

BAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NECTAR; POLLINATION; SIMULATION; SUGAR;

CHIROPTERA; CHOERONYCTERIS; GLOSSOPHAGA SORICINA; LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 37549004383     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-353R1.1     Document Type: Article

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