Bats and the loss of tree canopy in African Woodlands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 399-407

  Brock Fenton, M ^a   Gumming, David H M ^b   Rautenbach, I L ^c   Cumming, Graeme S ^d   Cumming, Meg S ^b   Ford, Gavin ^b   Taylor, Russell D ^b   Dunlop, Jenna ^a   Hovorka, Mark D ^a   Johnston, Dave S ^a   Portfors, Christine V ^a   Kalcounis, Matina C ^e   Mahlanga, Zaccheus ^f  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b World Wildlife Fund Programme Office   (Zimbabwe)

^c Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^f Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; CANOPY COVER; DIET; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

ZIMBABWE;

CHIROPTERA;

EID: 0344404399     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96376.x     Document Type: Article

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