Foraging ecology of Lesser Long-nosed Bats
Ober H, Steidl R, Dalton V, University of Arizona. 2000. Foraging ecology of Lesser Long-nosed Bats. Tuscon, AZ
We initiated this study to better understand the relationship between endangered Lesser Long-nosed bats, Leptoncyteris curasoae, and their food resources. Many thousand Lesser Long-nosed bats migrate from Mexico to southern Arizona each summer. Their diet consists of nectar, pollen, and fruit form a variety of plants. During their residency in southeastern Arizona, however, the bats primarily consume nectar and pollen from a single species of plant, Agave palmeri. We radiotracked 60 Lesser Long-nosed bats during two summers to assess their use of the landscape and the density of primary food sources (Agave palmeri) at two spatial scales: within their home ranges and within their core-use areas.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ober, Holly; Steidl, Robert; Dalton, Virginia; University of Arizona
- Date of Issue
- 2000-12
- Units
- CORO
- Keywords
- bat distribution, radio-tracking