Bat (Chiroptera) diversity and abundance in banana plantations and rain forest, and three new records for St. Vincent, lesser antilles

Mammalia

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-447

  Vaughan, N ^a   Hill, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIROPTERA; MICRONYCTERIS MEGALOTIS; PTERONOTUS PARNELLII; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS ANTILLULARUM;

BANANA PLANTATION; BAT; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

WINDWARD ISLANDS, ST VINCENT;

EID: 0030299224     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm-1996-0309     Document Type: Article

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