Dietary plasticity in the Ryukyu flying fox on a subtropical island at the northern range limit of Pteropus

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-116

  Nakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Kinjo, Kazumitsu ^b   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diet breadth; dietary generalist; dietary specialist; food habits; Pteropus dasymallus; subtropics; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLORA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

FICUS MICROCARPA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS DASYMALLUS;

EID: 84938902436     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2015.17.1.009     Document Type: Article

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