Effects of tropical cyclonic storms on flying fox populations on the South Pacific Islands of Samoa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 438-451

  Pierson, E D ^a,d   Elmqvist, T ^b   Rainey, W E ^a   Cox, P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLONE; ENDEMIC MAMMAL; FLYING FOX; LIANA; POPULATION DECLINES;

SAMOA;

FREYCINETIA REINECKEI; PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS; PTEROPUS TONGANUS; SYZYGIUM INOPHYLLOIDES;

EID: 0029731043     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020438.x     Document Type: Article

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