In situ feeding tactics of short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) on mango fruits: Evidence of extractive foraging in a flying mammal

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Singaravelan, Natarajan ^a,b   Marimuthu, Ganapathy ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cynopterus sphinx; Extractive foraging; Fruit processing behaviors; Mangifera indica; Technical intelligence

Indexed keywords

CYNOPTERUS; CYNOPTERUS SPHINX; MAMMALIA; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 37549005242     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-007-0044-1     Document Type: Article

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