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

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

dc.creatorS. Börk, Karrigan
dc.date2006-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-03T17:39:47Z
dc.date.available2023-08-03T17:39:47Z
dc.identifierhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3087
dc.identifier10.15517/rbt.v54i4.3087
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7896009
dc.descriptionThe 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-US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de Costa Ricaen-US
dc.relationhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3087/2995
dc.rightsDerechos de autor 2006 Revista de Biología Tropicales-ES
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0es-ES
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 No. 4 (2006): Volume 54 – Regular number 4 – December 2006; 1117–1123en-US
dc.sourceRevista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 Núm. 4 (2006): Volumen 54 – Número regular 4 – Diciembre 2006; 1117–1123es-ES
dc.sourceRevista Biología Tropical; Vol. 54 N.º 4 (2006): Volumen 54 – Número regular 4 – Diciembre 2006; 1117–1123pt-PT
dc.source2215-2075
dc.source0034-7744
dc.source10.15517/rbt.v54i4
dc.subjectNoctilioen-US
dc.subjectpiscívoroen-US
dc.subjectfobia lunaren-US
dc.subjectluz de lunaen-US
dc.subjectdepredaciónen-US
dc.subjectmurciélagoen-US
dc.subjectbúsqueda de alimentoen-US
dc.subjectpiscivoreen-US
dc.subjectlunar phobiaen-US
dc.subjectmoonlighten-US
dc.subjectpredationen-US
dc.subjectbaten-US
dc.subjectforagingen-US
dc.titleLunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)en-US
dc.titleLunar phobia in the greater fishing bat Noctilio leporinus (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae)es-ES
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dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArticleen-US
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