Ecological zoogeography of the bats of Paraguay

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-45

  López González, Celia ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Canonical correspondence analysis; Chiroptera; Paraguay; Species assemblages; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BAT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; VEGETATION TYPE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642523484     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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