Variation in the nocturnal foraging distribution of and resource use by endangered Ryukyu flying foxes (Pteropus dasymallus) on Iriomotejima Island, Japan

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a   Takaso, Tokushiro ^b   Chiang, Tzen Yuh ^a   Kuo, Yen Min ^a   Nakanishi, Nozomi ^b   Tzeng, Hsy Yu ^c   Yasuda, Keiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bats; Chiroptera; Diet; Figs; Frugivores; Habitat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHIROPTERA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS SEPTICA; FICUS VARIEGATA; MORACEAE; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS(ANGIOSPERM); PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS;

EID: 77149168467     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18759866-07802002     Document Type: Article

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