Frugivorous bats in isolated trees and riparian vegetation associated with human-made pastures in a fragmented tropical landscape

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-589

  Galindo González, Jorge ^a   Sosa, Vinicio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA;

EID: 1642498180     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0579:FBIITA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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