Attraction of the fruit-eating bat Carollia perspicillata to Piper gaudichaudianum essential oil

dc.contributor.authorMikich, S. B.
dc.contributor.authorBianconi, G. V.
dc.contributor.authorHelena, B.
dc.contributor.authorMaia, N. S.
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, S. D.
dc.contributor.institutionEmpresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)
dc.contributor.institutionMulleriana
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
dc.contributor.institutionFacipal
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:24:13Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2003-10-01
dc.description.abstractWe performed field tests using mimetic Piper fruits with and without essential oil extracted through hydrodistillation from Piper gaudichaudianum ripe fruits in order to evaluate the role of odor in Carollia perspicillata attraction and capture in mist-nets. During the field tests, 26 C. perspicillata were captured, 21 (80.7%) in nets with the essential oil of P. gaudichaudianum and five (19.3%) in nets without oil. Other bat species, Artibeus spp. ( 67), which is specialized on fruits of Moraceae, and Sturnira lilium ( 10), specialized on those of Solanaceae, were also captured, but they exhibited no significant preference for nets with or without oil. We conclude that odor is pre-eminent over visual cues in food location by C. perspicillata in a field situation. Based on the result, we propose the extraction and use of essential oils of chiropterochoric fruits as a useful approach to improve autoecological studies on fruit-eating bats and to promote tropical forest restoration through the attraction of frugivorous bats to degraded areas.en
dc.description.affiliationEmbrapa Florestas, Ecol Lab, BR-83411000 Colombo, PR, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationMulleriana, BR-80011970 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUNESP, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal do Paraná (UFPF), Dept Quim, BR-81531990 Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationFacipal, BR-85555000 Palmas, PR, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, BR-15054000 Sao Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
dc.format.extent2379-2383
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026290022642
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Chemical Ecology. New York: Kluwer Academic/plenum Publ, v. 29, n. 10, p. 2379-2383, 2003.
dc.identifier.doi10.1023/A:1026290022642
dc.identifier.issn0098-0331
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/34868
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000186128800015
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKluwer Academic/plenum Publ
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Chemical Ecology
dc.relation.ispartofjcr2.419
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,168
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectessential oilpt
dc.subjectPiper gaudichaudianumpt
dc.subjectshort-tailed fruit batpt
dc.subjectCarollia perspicillatapt
dc.subjectodor detectionpt
dc.subjectbat attractionpt
dc.subjectmist-nettingpt
dc.subjectfrugivorypt
dc.subjectseed dispersalpt
dc.subjectforest restorationpt
dc.titleAttraction of the fruit-eating bat Carollia perspicillata to Piper gaudichaudianum essential oilen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights
dcterms.rightsHolderKluwer Academic/plenum Publ
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas, São José do Rio Pretopt

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