Use of vocal signatures for the inventory of free-flying neotropical bats

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-516

  O'Farrell, Michael J ^a   Miller, Bruce W ^b  

^a O'Farrell Biological Consulting   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic identification; Anabat; Bats; Chiroptera; Diversity assessment; Inventory; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

BAT; HABITAT TYPE; VOCALIZATION;

CHIROPTERA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 0032720459     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00394.x     Document Type: Article

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