Species diversity of bats (mammalia: Chiroptera) in forest fragments, primary forests, and savannas in central Amazonia, Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1124-1140

  Bernard, Enrico ^a   Brock Fenton, M ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; MONITORING; RIVERS;

FOREST FRAGMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BAT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

BRAZIL;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036435094     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-094     Document Type: Article

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