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DOI	10.1093/jmammal/gyab051
	Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert
	Jaquish, Virginia G.; Ammerman, Loren K.
通讯作者	Jaquish, VG (corresponding author), Angelo State Univ, Dept Biol, San Angelo, TX 76909 USA.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
ISSN	0022-2372
EISSN	1545-1542
出版年	2021
卷号	102 期号:4 页码:1101-1109
英文摘要	Pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, despite being primarily insectivorous gleaning predators, consume nectar of the cardon cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, in the Sonoran Desert. It is unknown whether nectar feeding occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas, where pallid bats covered in pollen have been captured. We collected pollen samples from 67 pallid bats in Brewster County, Texas, United States, between April and August 2018. Pollen-covered pallid bats were captured in every month sampled. Pollen densities were three times higher on wings than on the head or ventral body. In all samples collected, the pollen was homogeneous and identified as Agave pollen. Although two species of Agave, A. havardiana and A. lechuguilla, occur in this region of Texas, linear discriminant analysis classified 701 of 723 (97%) of pollen grains analyzed as A. lechuguilla. Additional evidence from infrared video footage collected in August 2018 indicated that pallid bats became covered in A. lechuguilla pollen while consuming nectar. Pallid bats might be engaging in facultative nectarivory across their range and could be important nocturnal pollinators.
英文关键词	Agave Antrozous pallidus Chihuahuan Desert nectarivory pallid bat pollen
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000687755600012
WOS关键词	BEND-NATIONAL-PARK ; INSECTIVOROUS BAT ; NECTAR ; CHIROPTERA ; AGAVACEAE ; POLLEN ; DIETS
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/363957
作者单位	[Jaquish, Virginia G.; Ammerman, Loren K.] Angelo State Univ, Dept Biol, San Angelo, TX 76909 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Jaquish, Virginia G.,Ammerman, Loren K.. Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert[J],2021,102(4):1101-1109.
APA	Jaquish, Virginia G.,&Ammerman, Loren K..(2021).Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert.JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY,102(4),1101-1109.
MLA	Jaquish, Virginia G.,et al."Agave flower visitation by pallid bats, Antrozous pallidus, in the Chihuahuan Desert".JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 102.4(2021):1101-1109.