Nonrandom aggregations and distribution of cave-dwelling bats in Puerto Rico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Rodríguez Durán, Armando ^a  

^a Interamerican University   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aggregations; Antillean bats; Cave dwelling bats; Puerto Rico; Roosting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000274508     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382848     Document Type: Article

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