Dynamic feeding habits: efficiency of frugivory in a nectarivorous bat

• Published in: Canadian journal of zoology Vol. 88; no. 8; pp. 764 - 773
• Main Authors: Becker, Nina I, Rothenwöhrer, Christoph, Tschapka, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa National Research Council of Canada 01.08.2010; NRC Research Press; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Adaptation (Biology); Animal and plant ecology; Animal behavior; Animal feeding behavior; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Autoecology; Bats; Biological and medical sciences; Bites; Comparative analysis; Diet; Diets; Feeding; Food and nutrition; Food availability; Frugivory; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; High-performance liquid chromatography; Liquid chromatography; Mammalia; Nectar; Niches; Phyllostomidae; Plant species; Resource availability; Vertebrata; Zoology; Germany; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Diet; Dynamics; Frugivorous; Chiroptera; Nectarivorous; Feed conversion efficiency

Fluctuations in food availability may result in drastic changes of main dietary habits in some animals despite the lack of adaptations to alternative food types. We compared feeding efficiency between the nectarivorous bat Glossophaga commissarisi Gardner, 1962 (Phyllostomidae) that switches during...