INFLUENCE OF MOONLIGHT ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE INDIAN SHORT-NOSED FRUIT BAT CYNOPTERUS SPHINX - RADIOTELEMETRY STUDIES

Authors
NAIR NG ELANGOVAN V SUBBARAJ R
Citation
Ng. Nair et al., INFLUENCE OF MOONLIGHT ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF THE INDIAN SHORT-NOSED FRUIT BAT CYNOPTERUS SPHINX - RADIOTELEMETRY STUDIES, Current Science, 74(8), 1998, pp. 688-689
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Current Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00113891
Volume
74
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
688 - 689
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-3891(1998)74:8<688:IOMOTF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The foraging activity of the Indian short-nosed fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx was studied using radiotelemetry. The foraging activity gets mo dulated with different phases of the moon. During bright moonlit night s these frugivorous bats exhibit less activity as against that during new moon nights.