TY  - CHAP
AB  - The cost of forward flight for a 11.7 g nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae; Glossophaginae) was estimated to be 5.888 kJ h -1 (1.63 W). To obtain this estimate, we quantified the amount of time allocated to specific activities and the animal´s daily energy intake in captivity for 17 separate 24-hour-periods. These data were arrangedin a set of daily energy-balance equations with the energy coefficients for each activity as unknown parameters. These equations were solved for the unknown coefficients b ymultiple lonear regression analysis. Using our estimate of flight cost and values for daily energy expenditure from the literature, we estimated how a free-ranging nectar-feeding bat allocates time and energy among different activities.
KW  - daily energy expenditure
KW  - Phyllostomidae
KW  - flight cost
KW  - time budget
KW  - Glossophaga soricina
LA  - eng
PY  - 1993
SN  - 3-925382-36-4
SP  - 167-174
T3  - Animal plant interactions in tropical environments
TI  - Flight cost and economy of nectar-feeding in the bat Glossophaga Soricina (Phyllostomidae; Glossophaginae)
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-bipr-23008
Y2  - 2024-11-22T06:58:46
ER  -