The relative influence of competition and prey defences on the trophic structure of animalivorous bat ensembles

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-506

  Schoeman, M Corrie ^a,b   Jacobs, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allotonic frequency hypothesis; Community structure; Diet; Ecomorphology; Null models

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORRELATION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DIETARY SHIFT; ECHOLOCATION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FECUNDITY; FILTER; FORAGE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT USE; MOTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHIROPTERA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECHOLOCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; WING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 79956051163     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1854-3     Document Type: Article

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