Unlike most terrestrial mammals, female bats must supply their offspring with all required nutrients until pups achieve virtually adult size, at which time they are able to fly and become independent. Access to nutrients may be especially challenging for reproductively active females in mineral-poor landscapes such as tropical rainforests. We hypothesized that pregnant and lactating females from tropical landscapes acquire essential nutrients from locally-available mineral licks. We captured ten times as many bats at mineral licks than at control sites in a lowland rainforest in eastern Ecuador. Among bats captured at mineral licks, the sex ratio was heavily biased toward females, and a significantly higher portion of females captured at th...
Bats are unusual mammals in being small but having long lives and small litters (typically only one ...
Family Pteropodidae could consume either fruit or flower parts to sustain their energy requirement. ...
Nectarivorous bats perform vital pollination services for many tropical plant species. While nectari...
Unlike most terrestrial mammals, female bats must supply their offspring with all required nutrients...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt...
In Central Amazonia, large mammals create water-filled puddles when consuming soil. These mineral li...
Folivory in bats has been described as chewing bits of leaves to extract the liquids, and then disca...
In western Amazonia, large numbers of frugivorous bats regularly visit natural forest clearings know...
Reviews leaf-eating by bats and presents new evidence for folivory by leaf fractionation for the neo...
Many tropical bats eat fruit, nectar, and pollen, and many tropical plants are pollinated or dispers...
Few studies have been done on natural mineral licks visitation on bat fauna, particularly in Borneo...
Few studies have been done on natural mineral licks visitation on bat fauna, particularly in Borneo ...
Bats are unusual mammals in being small but having long lives and small litters (typically only one ...
Family Pteropodidae could consume either fruit or flower parts to sustain their energy requirement. ...
Nectarivorous bats perform vital pollination services for many tropical plant species. While nectari...
Unlike most terrestrial mammals, female bats must supply their offspring with all required nutrients...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt or mine...
Many animals in the tropics of Africa, Asia and South America regularly visit so-called salt...
In Central Amazonia, large mammals create water-filled puddles when consuming soil. These mineral li...
Folivory in bats has been described as chewing bits of leaves to extract the liquids, and then disca...
In western Amazonia, large numbers of frugivorous bats regularly visit natural forest clearings know...
Reviews leaf-eating by bats and presents new evidence for folivory by leaf fractionation for the neo...
Many tropical bats eat fruit, nectar, and pollen, and many tropical plants are pollinated or dispers...
Few studies have been done on natural mineral licks visitation on bat fauna, particularly in Borneo...
Few studies have been done on natural mineral licks visitation on bat fauna, particularly in Borneo ...
Bats are unusual mammals in being small but having long lives and small litters (typically only one ...
Family Pteropodidae could consume either fruit or flower parts to sustain their energy requirement. ...
Nectarivorous bats perform vital pollination services for many tropical plant species. While nectari...