Does interspecific competition drive patterns of habitat use in desert bat communities?

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 493-502

  Razgour, Orly ^a,c   Korine, Carmi ^a,b   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Arid environments; Chiroptera; Competitive interactions; Resource partitioning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ACTIVITY PATTERN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BAT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HYDROPERIOD; INSECTIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP; NICHE PARTITIONING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; DRINKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DRINKING; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PONDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 80052663693     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1995-z     Document Type: Article

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