Estrutura populacional e padrão de atividade de Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766) (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Glossophaginae) em abrigo antrópico

Abstract

Chiroptera is the second largest order of mammals, being the only representatives with the ability of flight within this class, hibernate, long live, inhabit every continent except the poles and have diverse eating habits. The populations have a dynamic behavior that changes continuously in time. Thus, the characterization of the population is of great importance for the understanding of the ecological stability, allowing for better understanding of the relationship between the species and habitat. A tool that can be used to infer about population structure is the Body Condition Index, in which the main purpose is to separate the aspects of body mass related to the size and structural aspects which reflect fat and other components of energy reserve an individual to generate information that can assist it in the management, monitoring and knowledge of the species. Already activity patterns present character determinant for the survival and reproduction of a species, that associated with eating habits, can be of great importance to understand how bats manage their resources. Thus, this study aimed to know the population structure and activity pattern of Glossophaga soricina in order to add new information and complement existing in other regions of the country.