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Folivory in the Big Fruit-eating Bat, Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in eastern Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Marlon Zortéa  and
Sérgio Lucena Mendes
Marlon Zortéa
Affiliation:
Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, Santa Teresa, 29650 Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Sérgio Lucena Mendes
Affiliation:
Museu de Biologia Mello Leitão, Santa Teresa, 29650 Espírito Santo, Brazil.
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Keywords

ArtibeusbatsbehaviourBrazilfeeding habitsfolivoryPhyllostomidae
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1993 , pp. 117 - 120
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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