The food habits of a Malagasy Giant: Hipposideros commersoni (E. Geoffroy, 1813)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Rakotoarivelo, Andrinajoro A ^a,b   Ralisata, Mahefatiana ^b   Ravoahangimalala, Olga Ramilijaona ^b   Rakotomalala, Marlène R ^b   Racey, Paul A ^c   Jenkins, Richard K B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b MADAGASIKARA VOAKAJY   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Foraging; Hipposideros; Madagascar; Microchiroptera

Indexed keywords

BAT; BEETLE; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLIDAE; CARABIDAE; CICADIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HIPPOSIDEROS; HIPPOSIDEROS COMMERSONI; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCHIROPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 69049091117     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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