Habitat use of the Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura semicaudata) on Aguiguan, Mariana Islands

Acta Chiropterologica

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Esselstyn, Jacob A ^a,b   Wiles, Gary J ^c   Amar, Arjun ^a,d  

^a Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aguiguan; Bat detector; Conservation; Emballonura semicaudata; Habitat use; Mariana Islands; Pacific sheath tailed bat

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BAT; CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; VEGETATION TYPE;

AGUIJAN; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CAPRA HIRCUS; EMBALLONURA; EMBALLONURA SEMICAUDATA; EMBALLONURIDAE;

EID: 12944255638     PISSN: 15081109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/001.006.0208     Document Type: Article

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