Seasonal variation in the diet of the bat Carollia perspicillata (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in an Atlantic Forest area in southeastern Brazil

Mammalia

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-55

  Mello, Marco Aurelio R ^a   Schittini, Gilberto M ^b   Selig, Pedro ^c   Bergallo, Helena G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Ministerio do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c Habtec Engenharia Ambiental   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Atlantic Forest; Carollia; Ecology; Foraging; Frugivory; Piper; Seasonal pattern

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; MAMMAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CECROPIA; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE; PIPER; PIPERACEAE; SOLANUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843094728     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.006     Document Type: Article

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