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Diet of two sympatric insectivores bats (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Aguiar, Ludmilla M. S. Antonini, Yasmine |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | We examined food habits of Vespertilionidae bats Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821) and Eptesicus furinalis (d'Orbigny, 1847) by fecal analysis in cerrado sensu stricto and gallery forests, within APA - Gama-Cabeça-de-Veado, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Out of 20 fecal samples collected, seven were of Eptesicus furinalis and 13 of Myotis nigricans. The diet of E. furinalis included six orders of insects: Coleoptera (5/7 by items presence), Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera (3/7), Diptera, Hemiptera and Homoptera (1/7). The diet of M. nigricans included all the main orders consumed by E. furinalis (6/13, 4/13, 4/13, 3/13, 1/13, and 4/13 respectively) and one other order: Orthoptera (1/13). Homoptera, Diptera and Orthoptera were collected only in bats captured in gallery forest. There is 80% of overlap in the diet of these two species. Predation on species of Scarabeidae, Hesperiidae, Sphingidae and Saturniidae families confirms bats potential as biological control agents of pests in agricultural ecosystems. |
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| Ending Page | 31 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 28 |
| e-ISSN | 01018175 |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0101-81752008000100005 |
| Journal | Revista Brasileira de Zoologia |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 25 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) |
| Publisher Date | 2008-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Revista Brasileira de Zoologia Biodiversity Conservation Sympatric Insectivores Insectivores Bats |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
