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Provedor de dados: 	49	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	A note on the diet and foraging behavior of Artibeus lituratus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in an urban park in southeastern Brazil	
Autores: 	Oprea,Monik; Brito,Daniel; Vieira,Thiago Bernardi; Mendes,Poliana; Lopes,Sílvia Ramira; Fonseca,Ricardo Milanez; Coutinho,Rafael Zerbini; Ditchfield,Albert David.	
Data: 	2007-01-01	
Ano: 	2007	
Palavras-chave: 	Bats; Frugivory; Maclura; Urban ecology.	
Resumo: 	Bats of the genus Artibeus are among the most important seed dispersers in early successional forests. We report observations on the foraging behavior of Artibeus lituratus in Pedra da Cebola Municipal Park, an urban park in the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil. Observations were made during six consecutive days (April 1st to April 6th, 2006). Three mist-nets were opened each night close to a Maclura tinctoria tree (Moraceae), remaining open from 18:00 to 22:00, totaling four hours per night, and 24 hours of sampling effort. We observed two peaks of feeding activity at the tree, one between 18:20 and 19:30, and a second one at 21:00. This is the first observation of Artibeus lituratus feeding on M. tinctoria fruits, therefore adding a new item to the known diet of the species. M. tinctoria fruits have large seeds that are not swallowed by bats, they consume the fruit pulp and discard the seeds. A diet of fruits with large seeds may indicate an important resource not detected in dietary studies based on fecal samples, but better detected by direct observation or by studying feeding roosts. It is important to use different sampling techniques in dietary studies since they complement each other and, together, provide a better knowledge on the diet of bats.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032007000200033	
Editor: 	Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1676-06032007000200033	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Biota Neotropica  v.7 n.2 2007	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess