dc.contributor.author | Boinski, Sue | |
dc.contributor.author | Timm, Robert M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-16T19:46:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-16T19:46:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1985 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Boinski, S. and R. M. Timm. 1985. Predation by squirrel monkeys and double-toothed kites on tent-making bats. American Journal of Primatology 9(2):121–127 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/9051 | |
dc.description.abstract | Central American squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedi) appear to recognize the modified leaves that phyllostomid bats utilize for diurnal roost sites. The monkeys visually and manually search these bat tents for both bats and insects. Adult males are the most successful at capturing bats. Nonvolant juvenile bats are more vulnerable to monkey predation than are adults. Bats that escape monkey predation frequently are captured by double-toothed kites (Harpagus bidentatus) that tend foraging troops of monkeys. Predation by squirrel monkeys, coupled with that of double-toothed kites, may be a significant source of mortality for tent-making bats. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Journal of Primatology | |
dc.subject | Artibeus watsoni, Cebidae, Central America, Chiroptera, Costa Rica, Dermanura, foraging behavior, Harpagus bidentatus, murciélagos, Neotropics, Phyllostomidae, Saimiri oerstedi, wasp predation | |
dc.title | Predation by squirrel monkeys and double-toothed kites on tent-making bats | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Timm, Robert M. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | |
kusw.kudepartment | Center of Latin American Studies | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |