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- Title
DISPERSIÓN DE SEMILLAS POR MURCIÉLAGOS FRUGÍVOROS EN BOSQUES DEL PARQUE NACIONAL CERROS DE AMOTAPE, TUMBES, PERÚ.
- Authors
Novoa, Sidney; Cadenillas, Richard; Pacheco, Víctor
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study which examines the role of fruit bats in seed dispersal in Cerros de Amotape National Park in Tumbes, Peru. The role of frugivorous bats was examined in three habitat types of Cerros de Amotape National Park and the diet was quantified by evaluating the seeds discovered in fecal samples and testing the preference for plant resources, niche breadth, the importance of each bat species as dispersors, and the level of trophic niche overlap. The high frequency of secondary succession plant species reveals that anthropogenic activities have an important effect on forest composition that affect the diet of frugivorous canopy bats.
- Subjects
PERU; BATS; FRUGIVORES; ANIMAL feeding behavior; MAMMALS; ANIMAL behavior; NATIONAL parks &; reserves; ANIMAL species; ANIMAL classification
- Publication
Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy / Mastozoologia Neotropical, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 1, p81
- ISSN
0327-9383
- Publication type
Article