Activity patterns of the nectar-feeding bat <i>Leptonycteris yerbabuenae</i> on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Temporal activity patterns of animals can indicate how individuals respond to changing conditions. Gregarious roosting bats provide an opportunity to compare activity patterns among individuals living in the same location to investigate how reproductive status or sex may influence activity budgets. We examined how the activity patterns of the nectarivorous bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae vary depending on reproductive conditions, sex, and environmental conditions. We analyzed 5 years of individual mark-resighting data using daily detections of L. yerbabuenae marked with passive integrated transponder tags (PIT-tags) at 3 subterranean roosts on the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. We derived 4 metrics using PIT-tag detections at roost entrances to calculate periods inside the

SUBMITTER: Rivera-Villanueva AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11586102 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature