Do bats roost and forage in shade coffee plantations? A perspective from the frugivorous bat Sturnira hondurensis

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 624-632

  Cortés Delgado, Natalia ^a   Sosa, Vinicio J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Foraging area; Home range; Mexico; Roost; Shade coffee plantation; Sturnira hondurensis; Tropical mountain cloud forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906944932     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12142     Document Type: Article

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