TWO COSTA RICAN BAT-GENERATED SEED SHADOWS OF ANDIRA INERMIS (LEGUMINOSAE)

dc.contributor.author	Janzen, Daniel H.
dc.contributor.author	Miller, G. A.
dc.contributor.author	Hackforth-Jones, J.
dc.contributor.author	Pond, C. M.
dc.contributor.author	Hooper, K.
dc.contributor.author	Janos, D. P.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-28T19:44:10Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-28T19:44:10Z
dc.date.issued	1976
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11606/1375
dc.description.abstract	Bat-generated seed shadows of two mature Andira inermis (W. Wright) DC. trees in the deciduous forest lowlands of Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, are highly heterogeneous; very unequal numbers of seeds are deposited beneath the trees used as feeding roosts. It is calculated that a 45-g Artibeus jamaicensis bat may potentially obtain as many as 1,766 joules [= 422 calories] per Andira fruit per round trip of 270 m between the parent tree and the feeding roost. Seed predation by Cleogonus weevils was found to be highest below the parent tree, intermediate under bat feeding roosts, and lowest among fruits dropped accidentally by bats between the parent tree and the feeding roosts.	es_CR
dc.language.iso	en	es_CR
dc.subject	Bat; Neotropical fruit; Costa Rica; seed dispersal; seed predation; seed weevils.	es_CR
dc.title	TWO COSTA RICAN BAT-GENERATED SEED SHADOWS OF ANDIRA INERMIS (LEGUMINOSAE)	es_CR
dc.type	Article	es_CR

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