Stable-isotope analysis of diets of short-tailed fruit bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Carollia)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1469-1477

  York, Heather A ^a,b   Billings, Sharon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Doane College   (United States)

Author keywords

Carollia; Feces; Frugivory; Habitat use; Insectivory; Niche partitioning; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BAT; CARBON ISOTOPE; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORY; INSECTIVORY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAROLLIA; CAROLLIA BREVICAUDA; CAROLLIA CASTANEA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CAROLLIA SOWELLI; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 73649145534     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-382R.1     Document Type: Article

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