Frequent summer nuptial flights of ants provide a primary food source for bats

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-483

  Levin, Eran ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Barnea, Anat ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ants; Camponotus; Chiroptera; Diet; Nuptial flight; Rhinopoma

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAT; BIOENERGETICS; DIET; FAT; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUPTIAL GIFT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SUMMER;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIBERNATION; ISRAEL; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; RHINOPOMA MICROPHYLLUM; SUMMER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTS; CHIROPTERA; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HIBERNATION; ISRAEL; LACTATION; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; JORDAN VALLEY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

CAMPONOTUS; CHIROPTERA; FORMICIDAE; RHINOPOMA; RHINOPOMA MICROPHYLLUM;

EID: 63949085056     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0496-3     Document Type: Article

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