Sea lion Otaria flavescens as host of the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 285-289

  Catenazzi, Alessandro ^a,b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Coastal desert; Marine subsidy; Parasite; Peru; Pinniped; Stable isotopes; Trophic chain

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PARASITE; PINNIPED; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS RINGENS; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; MAMMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; TRICHOBIUS PARASITICUS;

EID: 46949111381     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07393     Document Type: Article

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