Diet of Tadarida brasiliensis (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in Northwestern Argentina

• Autorzy: Gamboa Alurralde S. , Diaz M.M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In Argentina, the study of feeding habits of bats was practically restricted to frugivorous species, whereas data on the insectivorous bat diet was scarce and anecdotal. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the diet of Tadarida brasiliensis along the Yungas Forest, Argentina, at sites with different degrees of disturbance. Through the analysis of feces, arthropod orders were identified, volume and frequency of occurrence were estimated for each food item, and the niche breadth was estimated for the species. Finally, the diet was compared between capture sites, sexes, and seasons; finding variations among sites and seasons. The diet of T. brasiliensis contains arthropods belonging to nine orders and one undetermined taxon. Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Coleoptera represent the highest volume proportions in the diet. The results add new and important information about the biology of T. brasiliensis in the southern part of its distribution.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Chiropterologica
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 20
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.221-228,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gamboa Alurralde S.

• PIDBA - Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina, PCMA - Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML-Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000, Tucuman, Argentina
• CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Crisostomo Alvarez 722, 4000, Tucuman, Argentina

autor

Diaz M.M.

• PIDBA - Programa de Investigaciones de Biodiversidad Argentina, PCMA - Programa de Conservacion de los Murcielagos de Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e IML-Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, 4000, Tucuman, Argentina
• CONICET - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Crisostomo Alvarez 722, 4000, Tucuman, Argentina
• Fundacion Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, 4000, Tucuman, Argentina

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DOI

10.3161/15081109ACC2018.20.1.017