Seasonal distribution of the long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) in North America: Does a generalized migration pattern really exist?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1065-1077

  Rojas Martínez, Alberto ^a   Valiente Banuet, Alfonso ^a   Del Coro Arizmendi, Maria ^a   Alcántara Eguren, Ariel ^a   Arita, Héctor T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Floral bat resources; Leptonycteris curasoae; Mexico; Migration; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BAT; MIGRATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

LEPTONYCTERIS CURASOAE;

EID: 17444442791     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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