The conservation of cave-roosting bats in Yucatan, Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-185

  Arita, Héctor T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Caves; Ecotourism; Mexico; Nested subsets

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; CONSERVATION;

MEXICO; YUCATAN;

EID: 0029668271     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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