Lunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publikationsdatum: | 2006 |
| Beschreibung: | The nightly activity patterns of Noctilio leporinus, a piscivorous neotropical bat, were documented by visual observation over one lunar cycle at a large dock in Golfito, Costa Rica. The activity patterns were compared to the intensity of the moonlight, and a strong correlation between darkness and activity was observed (n = 776, r2 = 0.96). This correlation has been observed in many species of mammals and may indicate adaptation by potential prey species to avoid predation by visually oriented nighttime predators and/or an adaptation by predators to maximize hunting success. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Sprache: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/3087 |
| Online Zugang: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3087 |
| Stichwort: | Noctilio piscívoro fobia lunar luz de luna depredación murciélago búsqueda de alimento piscivore lunar phobia moonlight predation bat foraging |