Foraging dispersion of Ryukyu flying-foxes and relationships with fig abundance in East-Asian subtropical island forests

Foraging dispersion of Ryukyu flying-foxes and relationships with fig abundance in East-Asian subtropical island forests

Abstract Background Figs are widely distributed key resources to many tropical-subtropical animals, and flying-foxes are major consumers and seed dispersers of figs. Bat-fig interrelationships, however, may vary among species differing in fruiting traits, i.e., bat- versus bird-dispersed figs. We ex...

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Main Authors: Ya-Fu Lee, Yen-Min Kuo, Hsin-Yi Chang, Chi-Feng Tsai, Shigeyuki Baba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Abundance
Bats
Chiroptera
Figs
Flying-foxes
Frugivores
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-017-0146-8

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