Preferential consumption of larger fruits of Piper arboreum (Piperaceae) by Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) in the brazilian tropical dry forest
Frugivorous animals may use morphological traits of food items such as size, hardness, shape, color and smell as cues that allow them to assess cost-benefit relationship of foraging activity. Fruit size is an important trait that influences feeding behavior of most frugivores, since there is a funct...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Bioscience Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/26963 |