@article{fdi:010040831,
  title = {{T}he feeding ecology of {E}idolon dupreanum ({P}teropodidae) in eastern {M}adagascar},
  author = {{P}icot, {M}onica and {J}enkins, {R}. {K}. {B}. and {R}amilijaona, {O}. and {R}acey, {P}. {A}. and {C}arri{\`e}re, {S}t{\'e}phanie {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e investigated the diet of the endemic fruit bat {E}idolon dupreanum ({C}hiroptera : {P}teropodidae) in eastern {M}adagascar. {W}e collected faecal and ejecta samples under day roosts and at nocturnal feeding trees. {E}idolon dupreanum ate mainly fruit, although {E}ucalyptus spp. flowers were also consumed. {I}n total, 30 plant species (fourteen identified and sixteen unidentified) were recorded in the diet, including six introduced taxa. {P}olyscias spp. trees, which occurred in humid forest at least 5 km from the roost, were the most frequently recorded plant in the diet. {F}ruits of {P}sidium spp. were abundant near to the roost but relatively uncommon in the faeces. {P}assage through the alimentary canal was limited to seeds < 7 mm and there was some evidence for a positive effect on germination after passage through bats' stomachs. {T}he role of fruit bats as seed dispersers in forest ecosystems in {M}adagascar should be used as an additional leverage for their conservation.},
  keywords = {diet ; {E}idolon ; frugivory ; {M}adagascar ; seed dispersal},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}frican {J}ournal of {E}cology},
  volume = {45},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {645--650},
  ISSN = {0141-6707},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00788.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010040831},
}