Lunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)

dc.creator	Börk, Karrigan S.
dc.date	2006-08-09
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:29:05Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:29:05Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3087
dc.identifier	10.15517/rbt.v54i4.3087
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/26552
dc.description	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.	en
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2014 International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation	en
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 54 (4) December 2006	es-ES
dc.source	2215-2075
dc.source	0034-7744
dc.source	10.15517/rbt.v54i4
dc.title	Lunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)	en
dc.type	artículo original
dc.coverage	CRC	en

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