Life after logging: Post-logging recovery of a neotropical bat community

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-420

  Clarke, F M ^a   Rostant, L V ^a   Racey, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Chiroptera; Forest disturbance; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUYANA SHIELD; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MICROCHIROPTERA;

EID: 18444404063     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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