Short-term impacts of extreme environmental disturbance on the bats of Puerto Rico

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-66

  Jones, Kate E ^a,f   Barlow, Kate E ^b   Vaughan, Nancy ^c   Rodríguez Durán, Armando ^d   Gannon, Michael R ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Interamerican University   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0347115965     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001068     Document Type: Article

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