Diet and cranial morphology of Musonycteris harrisoni, a highly specialized nectar-feeding bat in western Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 924-932

  Tschapka, Marco ^a   Sperr, Ellen B ^a   Caballero Martínez, Luis Antonio ^b   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Colima; Conservation; Dry forest; Endangered bats; Evolution; Pollination; Sexual dimorphism; Tongue length

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CACTUS; CRANIUM; DIET; DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LACTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NECTAR; POLLINATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AGAVE; CACTACEAE; CLEOME; CRATAEVA; HELICTERES; MUSONYCTERIS HARRISONI; PACHYCEREUS PECTEN-ABORIGINUM; PLATALINA GENOVENSIUM; PSEUDOBOMBAX;

EID: 51349110569     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-038.1     Document Type: Article

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