Bats Fertilize Roost Trees

Biotropica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 403-406

  Voigt, Christian C ^a,b   Borissov, Ivailo ^c   Kelm, Detlev H ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Guano; Nutrient; Stable isotopes; Tree hollows; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOFERTILIZER; FECES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREEHOLE;

DIPTERYX PANAMENSIS;

EID: 84937023687     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12226     Document Type: Article

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