Researching little-known species: The African bat Otomops martiensseni (Chiroptera: Molossidae)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1583-1606

  Fenton, M B ^a   Taylor, P J ^b   Jacobs, D S ^c   Richardson, E J ^d   Bernard, E ^a   Bouchard, S ^a   Debaeremaeker, K R ^a   Ter Hofstede, H ^a   Hollis, L ^e   Lausen, C L ^e   Lister, J S ^a   Rambaldini, D ^a   Ratcliffe, J M ^a   Reddy, E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Durban Natural Science Museum   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d University of Calgary ^*  (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Colony; Distribution; Echolocation; Populations; Radio tracking; Roosts; Species' status; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

BAT; MONITORING; RECORD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CHIROPTERA; MOLOSSIDAE; OTOMOPS; OTOMOPS MARTIENSSENI; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036733704     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016807606593     Document Type: Article

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