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1 to collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty:
Not the least important was the so-called purakalam right of gleaning on the threshing floor which gave occasion to several conflicts.
The guild composed of highly cluttered/gleaning frugivores was the richest in species (18), followed by highly cluttered/gleaning insectivores (12 species).
We propose that, in light of these findings, caterpillars may be important food items for other gleaning insectivorous bats as well.
After exclusion, the following four guilds were retained: frugivores (four species), omnivores (three species), gleaning insectivores (three species) and aerial insectivores (five species).
The guilds highly cluttered space/aerial insectivores, highly cluttered space/gleaning insectivores, and highly cluttered/gleaning nectarivores, had no canopy species.
A guild composed by background cluttered/gleaning frugivores was the richest in species (18), followed by background cluttered/gleaning insectivores (12 species).
Of all households, gleaning was never worth more than 0.5 per cent of annual income.
A guild composed by background cluttered/gleaning frugivores was the richest in species (19), followed by background cluttered/gleaning insectivores (12 species).
