Movements of the bat Sturnira lilium and its role as a seed disperser of Solanaceae in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-228

  Mello, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro ^a,b,c   Kalko, Elisabeth Klara Viktoria ^b   Silva, Wesley Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Effectiveness; Foraging; Frugivory; Mammalia; Movements; Mutualism; Neotropics; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; MOVEMENT; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SEED DISPERSAL;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

LILIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; SOLANACEAE; STURNIRA LILIUM;

EID: 43649107282     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646740800480X     Document Type: Article

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