Common blossom bats (Syconycteris australis) as pollinators in fragmented Australian tropical rainforest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 201-212

  Law, Bradley S ^a,b   Lean, Merrilyn ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Locked Bag No 1   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bats; Fragmentation; Home range; North Queensland; Pollination; Pollinator effectiveness; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POLLINATION; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA;

MUSA; SYCONYCTERIS AUSTRALIS; SYZYGIUM CORMIFLORUM;

EID: 0032694649     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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