Where forest meets urbanization: Foraging plasticity of aerial insectivorous bats in an anthropogenically altered environment

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-153

  Jung, Kirsten ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Anthropogenic influence; Artificial light; Bat activity; Chiroptera; Habitat plasticity; Moon

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; LUNAR PHASE; MICROHABITAT; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; TWILIGHT; URBANIZATION;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 77649171927     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-313R.1.     Document Type: Article

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