The Structure of Tropical Bat Faunas

摘要: The species that constitute a tropical bat fauna partition the food available in an environment orderly manner, two most important parameters of partitioning being type and particle size. On small Caribbean islands there seems to be fundamental includes one fruit bat, nectar bats, insect fishing bat; other habits, such as blood meat, are not generally present because apparent absence these foods sufficient quantities. Mainland faunas similarly structured terms size, but it is possible make complete analysis due many rare species, whose habits unknown. See full-text article at JSTOR