Rousettus madagascariensis (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) shows a preference for native and commercially unimportant fruits

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Andrianaivoarivelo, Radosoa A ^a,b,c   Jenkins, Richard K B ^b,d,e   Petit, Eric J ^c   Ramilijaona, Olga ^a   Razafindrakoto, Noromampiandra ^b   Racey, Paul A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b MADAGASIKARA VOAKAJY   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Flight cage; Fruit bat; Madagascar; Preference

Indexed keywords

BAT; CALCIUM; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIPID; NATIVE SPECIES; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

MADAGASCAR;

CHIROPTERA; PTEROPODIDAE; ROUSETTUS MADAGASCARIENSIS;

EID: 84911409329     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00441     Document Type: Article

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