Dry season camps of flying-foxes (Pteropus spp.) in Kakadu World Heritage Area, North Australia

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-163

  Tidemann, Christopher R ^a   Vardon, Michael J ^a,b   Loughland, Ronald A ^a,d   Brocklehurst, Peter J ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Management International Pty Limited   (Australia)

^c Dept of Lands Plan and Environ ^*  (Australia)

^d National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Communal roosts; Pteropus

Indexed keywords

BAT; DRY SEASON; HABITAT STRUCTURE; ROOST SITE;

AUSTRALIA;

PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS;

EID: 0033030094     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999002034     Document Type: Article

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