Science and the conservation of bats: Where to next?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-15

  Fenton, M Brock ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bat detectors; Behavior; Colony; Echolocation; Rabies; Radiotelemetry; Roosts

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOINDICATOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LASIONYCTERIS; LASIONYCTERIS NOCTIVAGANS; MOLOSSIDAE; OTOMOPS; OTOMOPS MARTIENSSENI; PIPISTRELLUS; PIPISTRELLUS SUBFLAVUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0038564306     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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