Diets of Frugivorous Bats in Montane Rain Forest and Coffee Plantations in Southeastern Chiapas, Mexico

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 394-401

  García Estrada, Carlos ^a   Damon, Anne ^b   Sánchez Hernández, Cornelio ^c   Soto Pinto, Lorena ^d   Ibarra Núñez, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAR   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Food habits; Frugivorous bats; Habitat fragmentation; Shade coffee

Indexed keywords

BAT; COFFEE; DIASPORA; DIET; DISPERSAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTANE FOREST; PLANTATION; RAINFOREST; SHADING; SHRUB; SUCCESSION;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ARTIBEUS INTERMEDIUS; ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS; CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; PEPEROMIA; PIPER AURITUM; SAURAUIA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CHRYSOTRICHUM; SOLANUM DIPHYLLUM; STURNIRA LUDOVICI;

EID: 84860578068     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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