Bat fauna of a semi-arid environment in central western Queensland, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-215

  Young, R A ^a,b   Ford, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT USE; REPRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; SCOTOREPENS GREYII; VESPADELUS FINLAYSONI; VESPADELUS VULTURNUS;

EID: 0034004060     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR98071     Document Type: Article

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