Mangal roost selection by the flying-fox Pteropus alecto (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-352

  Loughland, Ronald Anthony ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT QUALITY; ROOSTING; SITE SELECTION;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER;

PTEROPUS ALECTO;

EID: 0031725949     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/mf97142     Document Type: Article

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