Bats limit arthropods and herbivory in a tropical forest

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5872, 2008, Pages 71-

  Kalka, Margareta B ^a   Smith, Adam R ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTHROPOD; BAT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HERBIVORE; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTHROPOD; BAT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HERBIVORY; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIRDS; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 41749121930     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1153352     Document Type: Short Survey

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8. M.B.K. was supported by STRI and Bat Conservation International, A.R.S. by SENACYT Panama, and E.K.V.K. by Deutsche Forschungemeinschaft Germany and STRI. S. A. van Bael and S. A. Mangan assisted with experimental design and data analysis, respectively.