Density compensation in New World bat communities

Oikos

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-377

  Stevens, Richard D ^a   Willig, Michael R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GUILD;

EID: 0034063659     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890218.x     Document Type: Article

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