Diet of three sympatric insectivorous bat species on Ishigaki Island, Japan

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 117-128

  Fukui, Dai ^a   Okazaki, Katsunori ^b   Maeda, Kishio ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kutchan Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^c NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Conservation; Endangered species; Food habit; Functional traits

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INSECTIVORE; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREY SELECTION; ROOST SITE; SYMPATRY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANOMALA ALBOPILOSA; CHIROPTERA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIPPOSIDEROS TURPIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MINIOPTERUS FUSCUS; RHINOLOPHUS PERDITUS;

EID: 68149136604     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00156     Document Type: Article

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