The status of bats on Curaçao

Biological Conservation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Petit, Sophie ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bats; Caves; Cura ao; Endangered; Survey

Indexed keywords

BAT; CAVE; POPULATION DECLINE;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES, CURACAO;

EID: 0029772639     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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