Roosting behavior of colonial and solitary flying foxes in American Samoa (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Biotropica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 338-350

  Brooke, Anne P ^a,c   Solek, Christopher ^b,c   Tualaulelei, Ailao ^c  

^a California Stt Polytech University ^*  (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Bat roost; Pteropus samoensis; Pteropus tonganus; Samoa

Indexed keywords

BAT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ROOSTING;

AMERICAN SAMOA;

PTEROPUS SAMOENSIS; PTEROPUS TONGANUS;

EID: 0034048536     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2000.tb00477.x     Document Type: Article

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