Observations on the distribution, ecology, and behaviour of bats on the Galapagos Islands

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 757-770

  Mccracken, G F ^a   Hayes, J P ^a,c   Cevallos, J ^b   Guffey, S Z ^a   Carlos Romero, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING ACTIVITY; HABITAT USE; HOARY BAT; RED BAT; SPATIAL DISTIRBUTION;

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC;

LASIURUS BRACHYOTIS; LASIURUS CINEREUS VILLOSISSIMUS;

EID: 0031474276     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01974.x     Document Type: Article

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